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A driver in a stationary car blows a horn which produces monochromatic sound waves of freqeuncy 1000 Hz normally towards a reflecting wall. The wall approaches the car with a speed of `3.3(m)/(s)`.

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Let S the stationary car and W the reflecting wall approaching with velocity u. `S'` is the image formed of S by the reflecting wall. IF reflecting surface moves with velocity u, the relative velocity of source and image is 2u. Therefore, it may be assumed that image `S'` approaches the stationary driver S with velocity 2u. Hence the apparent frequency is
`n'=(v)/(v-2u)n=(v)/(v(1-(2u)/(v))n=(1-(2u)/(v))^-n`
If `ultltv`, then
`n'=(1+(2u)/(v))n`
Here `u=3.3(m)/(s)`, `v=330(m)/(s)`, `n=1000`.
`n'=(1+(2xx3.3)/(330))xx1000=1020Hz`
percentage change in frequency is
`(n'-n)/(n)xx100%=(1020-1000)/(1000)xx100%=2%`
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