document.write( "Question 1181800: Could you please show me the steps how to solve this problem?
\n" ); document.write( "The Doppler effect causes a sound moving towards you to sound higher pitched and a sound moving away from you to sound lower pitched, like observed in listening to the car horn in the video.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The equation for this is
\n" ); document.write( "f= c/(c+v)f0
\n" ); document.write( " , where
\n" ); document.write( "f is the observed frequency (pitch) of the sound, in Hertz
\n" ); document.write( "c is the speed of sound, about 761 miles per hour,
\n" ); document.write( "v is the speed of the sound source, in this case the car, in miles per hour
\n" ); document.write( "f0 is the frequency of the sound when stationary\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Using a spectrum analyzer, we could determine the observed frequency when the car was driving away was 239 Hz and the stationary frequency was 256 Hz.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Use this information and the equation to estimate the speed of the car in miles/hour, to 1 decimal place.
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\n" ); document.write( "Could you please show me the steps how to solve this problem?
\n" ); document.write( "The Doppler effect causes a sound moving towards you to sound higher pitched and a sound moving away from you to sound lower pitched, like observed in listening to the car horn in the video.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The equation for this is
\n" ); document.write( "f= c/(c+v)f0
\n" ); document.write( " , where
\n" ); document.write( "f is the observed frequency (pitch) of the sound, in Hertz
\n" ); document.write( "c is the speed of sound, about 761 miles per hour,
\n" ); document.write( "v is the speed of the sound source, in this case the car, in miles per hour
\n" ); document.write( "f0 is the frequency of the sound when stationary\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Using a spectrum analyzer, we could determine the observed frequency when the car was driving away was 239 Hz and the stationary frequency was 256 Hz.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Use this information and the equation to estimate the speed of the car in miles/hour, to 1 decimal place.
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