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A train stands at a platform blowing a whistle of frequency 400Hz in still air. What is the frequency of the whistle heard by a man running (a) towards the engine at `10ms^(-1)` (b) away from the engine at `10m//s` ?
What is the wavelength of sound received by the running man in each case ?

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