A sound source is moving towards a stationary listener with \(1 / 10\) th of the speed of sound. The ratio…

A sound source is moving towards a stationary listener with \(1 / 10\) th of the speed of sound. The ratio of apparent to real frequency is
  1. \(\frac{10}{9}\)
  2. \(\frac{11}{10}\)
  3. \(\left(\frac{11}{10}\right)^2\)
  4. \(\left(\frac{9}{10}\right)^2\)

Solution

Speed of sound source towards stationary observer \(v_s=\frac{v}{10}\) where, \(v\) is the speed of sound. \(\therefore\) Apparent frequency, \(f^{\prime}=\left(\frac{v}{v-v_s}\right) f\) \(\begin{aligned} & =\left(\frac{v}{v-\frac{v}{10}}\right) f \\ \Rightarrow f^{\prime} & =\frac{10}{9} f \Rightarrow \frac{f^{\prime}}{f}=\frac{10}{9} \end{aligned}\)

Asked in: AP EAMCET 2020 (18 Sep Shift 2)

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