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Chloeellawright

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A car moving at 36 m/s passes a stationary police car whose siren has a frequency of 500 hz. What is the change in the frequency (in Hz) heard by an observer in the moving car as he passes the police car? (The speed of sound in air is 343 m/s.)
 a. 416
  b. 208
  c. 105
  d. 52
  e. 552

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A car approaches a stationary police car at 36 m/s. The frequency of the siren (relative to the police car) is 500 Hz. What is the frequency (in Hz) heard by an observer in the moving car as he approaches the police car? (Assume the velocity of sound in air is 343 m/s.)
 a. 220
  b. 448
  c. 526
  d. 552
  e. 383


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ambernicolefink

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Reply #1 on: Jul 28, 2018
Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

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Chloeellawright

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Reply 2 on: Jul 28, 2018
Excellent

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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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