When a police car in hot pursuit goes speeding past you, the velocity v of the police car is 33 m/s.
The formula is used when there exists a Doppler shift. The Doppler shift is due to the relative motion of sound waves between the source and observer.
The frequency increase by the Doppler effect is represented by the formula
f' = [tex]\dfrac{v-v_{o} }{v-v_{s} }[/tex]× f
Given the frequency of source f' is 5500 Hz . Velocity of the observer v₀ is 0.
Substituting the value into the equation will give us the velocity of the police car.
[tex]5500 = \dfrac{330}{330-v} \times f[/tex]...........(1)
When the car is receding, the frequency of the receiving signal f = 4500 Hz.
[tex]4500 = \dfrac{330}{330+v} \times f[/tex]..........(2)
Solving both equation, we get the velocity of a police car.
v = 33 m/s
Therefore, the velocity v of the police car is 33 m/s.
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