Question

Allen and Jason are chucking a speaker around. On one particular throw, Allen throws the speaker, which is playing a pure tone of frequency f, at a speed of 10 m/s directly towards Jason, but his aim is a bit off. As a result, Jason runs forward towards the speaker at a speed of 6 m/s before catching it. Then, the frequency that Jason hears while running can be written as (m/n)f Hz, where m and n are relatively prime positive integers. Compute m n.

Answer 1

Answer:

Explanation:

We shall apply Doppler's effect of sound .

speaker is the source , Jason is the observer . Source is moving at 10 m /s , observer is moving at  6 m/s .

apparent frequency = $f_o\times\frac{V+v_o}{ V-v_s}$

V is velocity of sound , v₀ is velocity of observer and v_s is velocity of source and f_o is real frequency of source .

Here V = 340 m/s , v₀ is 6 m/s , v_s is 10 m/s . f_o = f

apparent frequency =  $f\times \frac{340+6}{340-10}$

= $f\times \frac{346}{330}$

So m = 346 , n = 330 .