JEE · NEET Previous Year Question

A boy is walking away from a wall towards an observer at a speed of 1 meter/sec and blows a whistle whose frequency is 680 Hz. The number of beats heard by the observer per second is (Velocity of sound in air = 340 meters/sec

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Answer: D. Full step-by-step solution below.

  1. AZero
  2. B2
  3. C8
  4. D4

Correct answer: D

Solution

(d) Observer hears two frequencies
(i) which is coming from the source directly
(ii) which is coming from the reflection image of source
so, and

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