KillGorack / Physics 2010 / Two cars, one in front of the other, are traveling down the highway at 25 m/s. The car behind sounds its horn, which has a frequency of 500 Hz. What is the frequency heard by the driver of the lead car? (vsound = 340 m/s)

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Question Two cars, one in front of the other, are traveling down the highway at 25 m/s. The car behind sounds its horn, which has a frequency of 500 Hz. What is the frequency heard by the driver of the lead car? (vsound = 340 m/s)
Answer 500 Hz

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KillGorack	2023-07-22 12:34:08	Trick question.. don't do any math here.. as relative velocities go everyone is still.