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Two factories are sounding their sirens at 800Hz. A man goes from one factory to other at a speed of 2m/s. The velocity of sound is 320m/s. The number of beats heard by the person in one second will be
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Options:
  • A 10
  • B 4
  • C 2
  • D 8
Solution:
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The correct answer is: 10

n 1 = n 0 v v 0 v v s =800 3202 320 = 800×318 320 Hz
n 2 = n 0 v v 0 v v s =800 320+2 320 = 800×322 320 Hz
 Beat frequency = n2 – n1
= 8 0 0 3 2 2 - 3 1 8 3 2 0
= 800×4 320 =10Hz

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