Physics

Physics

Problem

A ship’s horn sounds a steady 500 Hz tone while the ship moves directly toward a sheer cliff face at 10 m/s. The sound reflects from the cliff and returns to the ship as an echo. Taking the speed of sound in air to be 340 m/s, what frequency does a sailor on the ship hear for the echo? a) 5.60×102  Hz5.60 \times 10^{2}\;\text{Hz} b) 5.30×102  Hz5.30 \times 10^{2}\;\text{Hz} c) 4.71×102  Hz4.71 \times 10^{2}\;\text{Hz} d) 5.15×102  Hz5.15 \times 10^{2}\;\text{Hz}

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