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Date May 2015 Marks available 1 Reference code 15M.1.HL.TZ1.14
Level Higher level Paper Paper 1 Time zone Time zone 1
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Question

A car horn emits sound of frequency ƒ. While the horn is sounding, the car moves in a straight line towards a stationary observer. The speed of the car is 0.10v where v is the speed of sound. What is the frequency of the sound of the horn heard by the observer?

  1. \(\frac{f}{{0.90}}\)
  2. 1.1 ƒ
  3. \(\frac{f}{{1.1}}\)
  4. 0.90 ƒ

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Additional higher level (AHL) » Topic 9: Wave phenomena » 9.5 – Doppler effect
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