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A car sounding its horn at 480 hz moves towards a high wall at a speed of 20 m/s . If the speed of sound is 340 ms^(-1) , the frequency of the reflected sound heard by the man sitting in the car will be nearest to :

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480 Hz
540 Hz
510 Hz
570 Hz

Solution :The apparent frequency striking the wall is
`v. = ((V)/(V - U_(s))) . V = (340xx480)/(340 - 20) = 510 ` Hz
After reflection the wall ACTS as source and man sitting in the car as observer who is moving towards the wall.
`thereforev.. = ((V + U_(0))/(V) ) . v. = ((340 + 20)/(340) ) 510= 540 `Hz.
thus CORRECT CHOICE is (B).


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