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Explain: if an observer places his ear to one end of a long iron pipe line, he can distinctly hear two sounds when a man hammers the other end of the pipeline.

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Sound travels faster in iron that in air. So there is a difference between the times taken by sound to travel through iron and sir. This is why the observer hears two sounds.
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CENGAGE PHYSICS ENGLISH-SOUND WAVES AND DOPPLER EFFECT-Exercise 6.1
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