While sitting next to a road on a calm, warm 27.9ºC evening, you see an ambulance's lights flashing in the distance coming towards you. You hear a frequency of 140 Hz. However, you know that ambulances have sirens that emit sound at 130 Hz. How fast is the ambulance approaching you, in m/s?

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While sitting next to a road on a calm, warm 27.9ºC evening, you see an ambulance's lights flashing in the distance coming towards you. You hear a frequency of 140 Hz. However, you know that ambulances have sirens that emit sound at 130 Hz. How fast is the ambulance approaching you, in m/s?

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