After enjoying a tasty meal of the first moth, the bat goes after another moth. Flying with the same speed and emitting the same frequency, this time the bat detects a reflected frequency of 55.5 kHz. How fast is the second moth moving

Answer:

the second moth is moving at 5.062 m/s

Explanation:

Given the data in the question;

Using doppler's effect

[tex]f_{moth[/tex] = f₀( [tex]v_{s[/tex] ± [tex]v_{observer[/tex] / [tex]v_{s[/tex] ± [tex]v_{source[/tex] )

f₁ = f₀( ([tex]v_{s[/tex] + v₂) / ( [tex]v_{s[/tex] - v₁ ) )

frequency reflected from the moth,

Now, moth is the source and the bat is the receiver

f₂ = f₁( ([tex]v_{s[/tex] + v₁ ) / ( [tex]v_{s[/tex] - v₂ ) )

hence, f = f₀[ ( ( [tex]v_{s[/tex] + v₁ ) / ( [tex]v_{s[/tex] - v₂ ) ) ( ( [tex]v_{s[/tex] + u₂ ) / ( [tex]v_{s[/tex] - u₁ ) )

we know that, the velocity of sound [tex]v_{s[/tex] = 343 m/s.

given that v₁ and v₂ { velocity of bat } = 7.1 m/s, f₀ = 51.7 kHz and f = 55.5 kHz.

we substitute

55.5 = 51.7[ ( ( 343 + 7.1 ) / ( 343 - 7.1 ) ) ( ( 343 + u ) / ( 343 - u ) ) ]

55.5 = 51.7[ ( 350.1 / 335.9 ) ( ( 343 + u ) / ( 343 - u ) ) ]

55.5 = 51.7[ 1.04227 ( ( 343 + u ) / ( 343 - u ) ) ]

55.5 = 53.885359 ( ( 343 + u ) / ( 343 - u ) ) ]

55.5 / 53.885359 = ( 343 + u ) / ( 343 - u )

1.02996 = ( 343 + u₂ ) / ( 343 - u )

( 343 + u₂ ) = 1.02996( 343 - u )

343 + u = 353.27628 - 1.02996u

u + 1.02996u = 353.27628 - 343

2.02996u = 10.27628

u = 10.27628 / 2.02996

u = 5.062 m/s

Therefore, the second moth is moving at 5.062 m/s