A bat flies toward a wall at a speed of 5.0 m/s. As it

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A bat flies toward a wall at a speed of 5.0 m/s. As it flies, the bat emits an ultrasonic sound wave with frequency 30.0 kHz. What frequency does the bat hear in the reflected wave?

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QUESTION:

Problem 54P

A bat flies toward a wall at a speed of 5.0 m/s. As it flies, the bat emits an ultrasonic sound wave with frequency 30.0 kHz. What frequency does the bat hear in the reflected wave?

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The following are given by the question:

Bat speed, 

Sound wave frequency, 

Speed of the sound, 

Here the wall would be the stationary object that reflects the sound wave.

The frequency that would be heard by the bat can be calculated as

                                                           

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