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Extra Example - Chapter 16

A fire station siren emits a sound at 900 Hz. With a 15 m/s wind, the siren's sound wavelength is longer upwind and shorter downwind than normal due to the combined speeds of sound and wind. Firefighters hear lower frequencies when approaching upwind and higher frequencies when approaching downwind due to the Doppler effect from their motion relative to the siren and wind.

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Extra Example - Chapter 16

A fire station siren emits a sound at 900 Hz. With a 15 m/s wind, the siren's sound wavelength is longer upwind and shorter downwind than normal due to the combined speeds of sound and wind. Firefighters hear lower frequencies when approaching upwind and higher frequencies when approaching downwind due to the Doppler effect from their motion relative to the siren and wind.

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Physics 185 Orange Coast College Arnold Guerra III

Extra Examples Chapter 16



1. A siren mounted on the roof of a firehouse emits sound at a frequency of 900 Hz. A steady
wind is blowing with a speed of 15.0 m/s. Taking the speed of sound in calm air to be 343 m/s,

(a) calculate the wavelength of the sound upwind of the siren,
(b) calculate the wavelength of the sound downwind of the siren.

The firefighters are approaching the siren from various directions at 15.0 m/s.

(c) What frequency of sound does a firefighter hear if she is approaching the siren from an
upwind position, so that she is moving in the same direction that the wind is blowing?
(d) What frequency of sound does a firefighter hear if she is approaching the siren from a
downwind position and moving against the wind?

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