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You are driving along a highway at 30.0 m/s when you hear a siren. You look in the rear-vi...

You are driving along a highway at 30.0 m/s when you hear a siren. You look in the rear-view mirror and see a police car approaching you from behind with a constant speed. The frequency of the siren that you hear is 1300 Hz. Right after the police car passes you, the frequency of the siren that you hear is 1280 Hz.

a)  How fast was the police car moving?


b)  You are so nervous after the police car passes you that you pull off the road and stop. Then you hear another siren, this time from an ambulance approaching from behind. The frequency of its siren that you hear is 1400 Hz. Once

it passes, the frequency is 1200 Hz. What is the actual frequency of the ambulances siren?

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