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A SONAR system fixed in a submarine operator at a frequency 40.0kHz. An enemy submarine moves towards the SONAR with a speed of 360kmh1. What is the frequency of sound reflected by the submarine? Take the speed of sound in water to be 1450ms1.
Solution:  
Here, υ=40.0kHz ;
Speed of sound wave in water,
v=1,450ms1
The frequency of the waves from SONAR system will undergo a change in the following two steps :
(i) Frequency of waves from SONAR system as received by the enemysubmarine moving towards the system :
Here, v0=360kmh1=
360×1,000
60×60
=100ms1
Now, υ=
v+v0
v
υ
=
1,450+100
1,450
×40.0
=42.76kHz

(ii) Frequency of waves from the enemy’s submarine asreceived by SONAR system :
The enemy submarine will reflect the waves of frequency υ=42.756kHz and will thus act as a source of waves moving with a speed; vs=100ms1 toward the SONAR system (listener). If υ is the apparent frequency as received by SONAR system, then
υ=
v
vvs
υ
=
1,450
1,450100
×42.76
=45.93kHz
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