At rest, a car's horn sounds the note A (440 Hz). The horn is sounded while the car is moving down the street. A bicyclist moving in the same direction with one-fifth the car's speed hears a frequency of 421 Hz. (a) Is the cyclist ahead of or behind the car? O ahead of the car O behind the car (b) What is the speed of the car? (Assume the speed of sound in air is 343 m/s.) m/s

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At rest, a car's horn sounds the note A (440 Hz). The horn is sounded while the car is moving down the street. A bicyclist moving in the same direction with one-fifth the
car's speed hears a frequency of 421 Hz.
(a) Is the cyclist ahead of or behind the car?
O ahead of the car
O behind the car
(b) What is the speed of the car? (Assume the speed of sound in air is 343 m/s.)
m/s
Transcribed Image Text:At rest, a car's horn sounds the note A (440 Hz). The horn is sounded while the car is moving down the street. A bicyclist moving in the same direction with one-fifth the car's speed hears a frequency of 421 Hz. (a) Is the cyclist ahead of or behind the car? O ahead of the car O behind the car (b) What is the speed of the car? (Assume the speed of sound in air is 343 m/s.) m/s
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