The frequency of echo will be_________Hz if the train bellowing a whistle of frequency 320 Hz is moving with a velocity of 36 km/h towards a hill from which an echo is heard by the train driver. Velocity of sound in air is 330 m/s.

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υ 0 = 3 2 0 H z . v t r a i n = 3 6 k m / h = 3 6 * 1 0 0 0 6 0 * 6 0 = 1 0 m / s

υ ( r e f l e c t e d S o u n d ) = υ 0 ( v v v t r a i n )

= 3 2 0 ( 3 3 0 3 3 0 1 0 ) = 3 3 0 H z

υ e c h o = υ r e f l e c t e d ( v + v t r a i n V )

= 3 3 0 ( 3 3 0 + 1 0 3 3 0 ) = 3 4 0 H z .

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