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A man standing near a railway line hears the whistle of an engine, which has a velocity of `20 ms^-1`.What frequency does the man hear, when the engine is coming towards and going away from him, if the true frequency of the whistle is 1000 Hz ? Speed of sound in air = `340 ms^-1`

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