
A source emits a sound of a frequency of , but the listener hears it . Then

Important Questions on Sound
(Take velocity of sound in air )








A source of sound emitting waves of frequency and an observer are located at some distance from each other. The source is moving with a speed of at an angle of with the source observer line as shown in the figure. The observer is at rest. The apparent frequency observed by the observer corresponding to the wave emitted by the source at the instant shown is
(velocity of sound in air )




[Speed of the sound



(speed of sound in air )

(Given speed of sound )


A source of sound emits sound waves at frequency . It is moving towards an observer with fixed speed , where is the speed of sound in air). If the observer were to move towards the source with speed , one of the following two graphs (A and B) will give the correct variation of the frequency heard by the observer as is changed.
The variation of with is given correctly by:


A train is moving on a straight track with speed . It is blowing its whistle at the frequency of . The percentage change in the frequency heard by a person standing near the track as the train passes him is (speed of sound ) close to:

