A student hears a police siren. What would change the frequency that the student hears? Check all that apply.

if the student walked toward the police car

if the student walked away from the police car

if the police car moved toward the student

if the police car moved away from the student

if the intensity of the siren increased

if the intensity of the siren decreased

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Lili

13 October, 20:22

A student hears a police siren. What would change the frequency that the student hears? Check all that apply.

if the student walked toward the police car

if the student walked away from the police car

if the police car moved toward the student

if the police car moved away from the student

if the intensity of the siren increased

if the intensity of the siren decreased

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Desirae Bishop · Answer 1

A student hears a police siren.

The arithmetic of the Doppler Effect shows that if the distance between

the source and observer is changing, then the observer hears a different

frequency compared to the frequency actually radiating from the source.

Thus the first four choices would cause the student to hear a different

frequency:

- - if the student walked toward the police car

- - if the student walked away from the police car

- - if the police car moved toward the student

- - if the police car moved away from the student

The last two choices wouldn't affect the frequency heard by the student,

since the perceived frequency of a sound doesn't depend on its intensity.

- - if the intensity of the siren increased

- - if the intensity of the siren decreased.