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A person is observing two trains, one is coming towards him with a velocity of \( 4 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s} \) and the other is going away from him with the same velocity. If the trains sound which of their natural frequency \( 240 \mathrm{~Hz} \), then the person will hear a beat- frequency of :
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Options:
  • A \( 6 \)
  • B \( 3 \)
  • C zero
  • D \( 12 \)
Solution:
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The correct answer is: \( 6 \)

Given:

Velocity of sound vs= 4 ms-1

Velocity of observer vo= 0 ms-1

Frequency fo= 240 Hz

For first train,

From Doppler effect in sound waves,

f=fov-vov+vs

  f1=240×320320+4  =240×320324f1=237 Hz

In second train coming towards observer,

f2=320320-4×240   =320316×240f2 =243 Hz 

Therefore,

f= f2-f1f= 243-237f= 6 Hz

A beat-frequency f= 6 Hz

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