JEE Advance - Physics (2010 - Paper 1 Offline - No. 24)
Explanation
Let car B be the observer (moving towards S).
The frequency observed is
$${f_1} = {f_0}\left( {{{c + v} \over c}} \right)$$
When sound gets reflected, the frequency observed by source S is
$${f_2} = {f_1}\left( {{c \over {c - v}}} \right)$$
where v is the speed of car and c is the speed of sound. Therefore,
$${f_2} = {f_0}\left( {{{c + v} \over {c - v}}} \right)$$
Now, $$d{f_x} = {f_0}\left[ {{{(c - v)dv - (c + v)( - dv)} \over {{{(c - v)}^2}}}} \right]$$
$$ = {{2{f_0}c\,dv} \over {{{(c - v)}^2}}}$$
That is,
$${{2{f_0}c\,dv} \over {{{(c - v)}^2}}} = \left( {{{1.2} \over {100}}} \right){f_0}$$
$$ \Rightarrow dv = {{1.2} \over {100}} \times {{{{(c - v)}^2}} \over {2c}}$$
Since, v << c, we get c $$-$$ v $$ \simeq $$ c.
Therefore,
$$dv = {{1.2} \over {100}} \times {c \over 2} = 1.98$$ m/s
$$ = 1.98 \times {{18} \over 5}$$ km/h = 7 km/h.
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