An ambulance is traveling east at 62.4 m/s. Behind it a car travels along the same direction at 34.5 m/s. The ambulance driver hears his siren with a wavelength of 0.47 m. What wavelength would a stationary observer behind the ambulance measure for the sound? The velocity of sound in air is 343 m/s.

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Answer:

The answer is "0.5555 m"

Explanation:

Where the reference leaves the list and the viewer is at rest:

[tex]\lambda'=\frac{v-v_s}{v} \times \lambda\\\\[/tex]

   [tex]=\frac{343 \frac{m}{s} - (-62.4 \frac{m}{s})}{343 \frac{m}{s}} \times 0.47 \ m\\\\ =\frac{343 \frac{m}{s} + 62.4 \frac{m}{s}}{343 \frac{m}{s}} \times 0.47 \ m\\\\ =\frac{405.4 \frac{m}{s}}{343 \frac{m}{s}} \times 0.47 \ m\\\\ =\frac{405.4 \frac{m}{s}}{343 \frac{m}{s}} \times 0.47 \ m[/tex]

   [tex]=0.5555 \ m[/tex]