Q53 / 54 · JEE Advanced 2019 (Paper 1) · Physics

A train S1, moving with a uniform velocity of 108 km/h, approaches another train S2 standing on a platform. An observer O moves with a uniform velocity of 36 km/h towards S2, as shown in figure. Both the trains are blowing whistles of same frequency 120 Hz. When O is 600 m away from S2 and distance between S1 and S2 is 800 m, the number of beats heard by O is____
[Speed of the sound =330 m/s]
Figure

Correct answer: 8.128

Solution

Speed of sound= 300ms
Calculate beat freq
Figure
fb=f1-f2
Where, f1 and f2 are the apparent frequencies of train S1 and S2 observed by observer.
∴ Using Doppler's effect,
⇒fb=120330+10cos53°330-30cos37°-330+10330=120336306-3433=8.128 Hz

Hence, the correct answer is 8.128.

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