A car is moving with a speed of $72 \mathrm{~km} / \mathrm{h}$ towards a hill. Car blows horn at a distance…

A car is moving with a speed of $72 \mathrm{~km} / \mathrm{h}$ towards a hill. Car blows horn at a distance of $1800 \mathrm{~m}$ from the hill. If echo is heard after $10 \mathrm{~s}$, the speed of sound (in $\mathrm{m} / \mathrm{s}$ ) is
  1. $300$
  2. $320$
  3. $340$
  4. $360$

Solution

The speed of the car is $72 \mathrm{~km} / \mathrm{h}$ $ =72 \times \frac{5}{18}=20 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s} $ The distance travelled by car in $10 \mathrm{~s}$ $ =10 \times 20=200 \mathrm{~m} $ Hence, the distance travelled by sound in reaching the hill and coming back to the moving driver $ \begin{aligned} & =1800+(1800-200) \\ & =3400 \mathrm{~m} \end{aligned} $ So, the speed of sound $=\frac{3400}{10}=340 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}$

Asked in: AP EAMCET 2008

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