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A train approaching a railway platform with a speed of `20ms^(-1)` starts blowing the whistle. Speed of sound in air is `340ms^(-1)`. If the frequency of the emitted sound from the whistle is 640 Hz, the frequency of sound to a person standing on the platform will appear to be

A

600 Hz

B

640 Hz

C

680 Hz

D

720 Hz

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