Practice Problems
Doppler Effect
Directions:
On this worksheet, you may assume that the speed of sound in air is 340 m/sec unless otherwise stated.
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Question 1
A 'clicker' is sounding at 11 Hz; if you are moving towards the 'clicker' at 27 m/sec what apparent frequency do you hear instead?
11.87 Hz
6.52 Hz
15.48 Hz
10.13 Hz
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Question 2
You are riding a bike away from a street musician at 13.5 m/sec; when the trumpet player hits an 'A'. You know that the frequency of an 'A' should be 440 Hz, what apparent frequency do you hear instead?
450 Hz
430 Hz
423 Hz
457 Hz
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Question 3
You are in an ambulance driving towards an accident at 32 m/sec. You hear the horns of the cars in the accident sounding at a frequency of 686 Hz, what is the actual frequency of the car horns.
621 Hz
627 Hz
757 Hz
751 Hz
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Question 4
You are riding in a boat into oncoming waves and measure the frequency of the waves to be 27 crests every 10 seconds. Shortly afterwards you come to rest on the water and measure the waves to have an actual frequency of 6 every 10 seconds with a wave speed of 10.7 m/sec. How fast was your boat traveling before?
3.1 m/sec
1.9 m/sec
37.4 m/sec
58.9 m/sec
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Question 5
You are speeding away from a loud speaker. If the original frequency of 686 Hz is shifted to 654 Hz, what is your speed away from the speaker?
15.9 m/sec
17 m/sec
11 m/sec
32 m/sec
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Question 6
You are measuring the speed of a projectile using sonar. If a frequency of 343 Hz is reflected back at 329.5 Hz, what is the speed of the projectile?
13.4 m/sec
32.7 m/sec
13.9 m/sec
25.2 m/sec
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Question 7
In what direction was the projectile in
Question 6
moving relative to the sonar device?
away from the sonar
towards the sonar
cannot be determined
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