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Police use radar guns and the Doppler effect to catch speeders. The figure below illustrates a moving car approaching a stationa police car. A radar gun emits an electromagnetic wave that reflects from the oncoming car. The reflected wave returns to the pol car with a frequency (measured by on-board equipment) that is different from the emitted frequency. One such radar gun emits. wave whose frequency is 8.0 x 10° Hz. When the speed of the car is 27.0 m/s and the approach is essentially head-on, what is the difference between the frequency of the wave returning to the police car and that emitted by the radar gun?

Police use radar guns and the Doppler effect to catch speeders. The figure below illustrates a moving car approaching a stationa police car. A radar gun emits an electromagnetic wave that reflects from the oncoming car. The reflected wave returns to the pol car with a frequency (measured by on-board equipment) that is different from the emitted frequency. One such radar gun emits. wave whose frequency is 8.0 x 10° Hz. When the speed of the car is 27.0 m/s and the approach is essentially head-on, what is the difference between the frequency of the wave returning to the police car and that emitted by the radar gun?

Principles of Physics: A Calculus-Based Text

5th Edition

ISBN:9781133104261

Author:Raymond A. Serway, John W. Jewett

Publisher:Raymond A. Serway, John W. Jewett

Chapter24: Electromagnetic Waves

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 18P

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