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Digital ACT Science Practice Question #1499

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A stationary microphone recorded sound frequencies from a 500 Hz siren moving at various velocities toward the microphone: - 0 m/s: 500 Hz - 10 m/s: 515 Hz - 20 m/s: 531 Hz - 30 m/s: 548 Hz As the siren approaches at higher speeds, the detected frequency:
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Approaching source = higher frequency.

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As source approaches faster, sound waves compress, shifting observed frequency higher (515 -> 548 Hz)....

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