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

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The frequency (in Hz) heard by an observer in the moving car as he approaches the police car is 552 Hz

The Doppler Effect equation says

f = f0 c+v / c

Given

f0 = 500 Hz

c = 343 m/s

v = 36 m/s

by plugging the given data, we get

500 (343+36) / 343  = 552 Hz

The frequency (in Hz) heard by an observer in the moving car as he approaches the police car is 552 Hz

Doppler effect is the apparent difference between the frequency at which sound or light waves leave a source and that at which they reach an observer, caused by the relative motion of the observer and the wave source.

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