IB Physics SL C 5 1 Doppler Effect Topic Practice

Question 1

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This question is about the Doppler effect.

Georgia carries out an experiment to measure the speed of mosquitoes. She sets up a microphone to record the sounds of passing mosquitoes.

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One mosquito is moving in a straight line with constant speed and passes very close to the microphone as seen in the diagram. The mosquito produces a sound of constant frequency. The speed of sound in air is 340 m s−1340 \mathrm{~m} \mathrm{~s}^{-1}.

The maximum frequency recorded is 751 Hz and the minimum frequency recorded is 749 Hz . Explain this observation.

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