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and are two identical sound sources of frequency . The source is located at and moves anti-clockwise with a uniform speed on a circular path around , as shown in the figure. There are three points and on this path such that and are diametrically opposite while is equidistant from them. A sound detector is placed at point . The source can move along direction . [Given: The speed of sound in air is ]
When only is emitting sound and it is at , the frequency of sound measured by the detector in is .
When only is emitting sound and it is at , the frequency of sound measured by the detector in is .Numerical answer
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Step-by-step Solution:
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Understand the problem setup and identify given values:
- A stationary sound detector is at point .
- A sound source moves anti-clockwise on a circular path around center .
- The detector is also on this path.
- Points and are diametrically opposite, and point is equidistant from and . This geometric arrangement implies that the angle is , and is a right-angled isosceles triangle.
- Frequency of the source, .
- Speed of the source, .
- Speed of sound in air, .
- We need to find the frequency measured by the detector at when the source is at .
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Apply the Doppler Effect formula: The general formula for the apparent frequency heard by a stationary observer from a moving source is: where is the component of the source's velocity along the line connecting the source to the observer. This component is taken as positive if the source is moving towards the observer and negative if it is moving away.
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Determine the geometry and the velocity component :
- Let the center of the circle be the origin . Let the radius of the circle be .
- Let the position of the detector be .
- Since is on the circle and (due to anti-clockwise motion from ), the position of the source at is .
- The velocity of the source is always tangent to the circular path. At point , for anti-clockwise motion, the velocity vector is directed along the negative x-axis. So, .
- The line connecting the source (at ) to the observer (at ) is represented by the vector .
- The component of the source's velocity along the line of sight () is the projection of onto . Let be the angle between and . Then .
- Alternatively, we can use the dot product: , where is the unit vector from to .
- Now, we calculate :
- The negative sign indicates that the source is effectively moving away from the observer along the line of sight.
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Calculate the numerical value of :
- Given .
- .
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Calculate the apparent frequency :
- Substitute the values into the Doppler formula:
- Simplify the fraction:
- Now, calculate :
- We notice that .
Final Answer: The frequency of sound measured by the detector is .
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