Question
The sirens of two fire engines have a frequency of 650 Hz each. A man hears the sirens from two engines, one moving with speed 10 m/sec and second with speed 54 km/h. What is the difference in the frequency of two sirens heard by the man, when:
(i) both the engines are approaching him,
(ii) both the engines are receding from him?
Take the speed of sound to be 330 m/s.
Solution
The apparent frequency of siren from approaching engine is,
and that from receding engine is,
(i) The apparent frequency of sirens from approaching engines are,
and
The difference in the frequencies of wave received from two engines is,
(ii) The apparent frequency of sirens from receding engine are given by,
and
The difference in the frequency of two sirens as heard by the man is given by,