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A SONAR system fixed in a submarine operator at a frequency . An enemy submarine moves towards the SONAR with a speed of . What is the frequency of sound reflected by the submarine? Take the speed of sound in water to be .
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Here, ; Speed of sound wave in water, The frequency of the waves from SONAR system will undergo a change in the following two steps : (i) Frequency of waves from SONAR system as received by the enemysubmarine moving towards the system : Here, Now, (ii) Frequency of waves from the enemy’s submarine asreceived by SONAR system : The enemy submarine will reflect the waves of frequency and will thus act as a source of waves moving with a speed; toward the SONAR system (listener). If is the apparent frequency as received by SONAR system, then
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