An ambulance has a siren producing sound waves of frequency 2000 Hz and moving towards a listener standing on a bus stop. If the frequency heard by him is 2150 Hz. Find speed of ambulance. (Speed of sound 340 m/s)?

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2022-09-25

An ambulance has a siren producing sound waves of frequency 2000 Hz and moving towards a listener standing on a bus stop. If the frequency heard by him is 2150 Hz. Find speed of ambulance. (Speed of sound 340 m/s)?

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Zackary Galloway

Zackary Galloway

Beginner2022-09-26Added 17 answers

The Doppler Effect for an approaching source gives us:
f o b s = [ v v v s o u r c e ] f s o u r c e
2150 = [ 340 340 v s o u r c e ] × 2000
340 v s o u r c e = 316.28
v s o u r c e = 23.7 m / s

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