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A speed ign motorcyclist sees traffic ham ahead of him. He slows doen to `36 km//h` He finds that traffic has eased and a car moving ahead of him at `18 km//h` is honking at a frequency of 1392 Hz. If the speed of sound is `343m//s`, the frequency of the honk as heard by him will be

A

1332 Hz

B

1372 Hz

C

1412 Hz

D

1454 Hz

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