JEE Advanced 2013 Physics question

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Two vehicles, each moving with speed u on the same horizontal straight road, are approaching each other. Wind blows along the road with velocity w. One of these vehicles blows a whistle of frequency . An observer in the other vehicle hears the frequency of the whistle to be . The speed of sound in still air is V. The correct statement(s) is (are)

Answer: (A),(B)

Solution

With wind, the speed of sound relative to the ground along the line from source to observer is , and (observer approaching the source, source approaching the observer). Whatever the sign of w

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Question ID VK-026191