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schepotkina
1 day ago
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Slick Willy is in traffic court (again) contesting a $50.00 ticket for running a red light. "You see, your Honor, as I was appro

aching the light, it appeared yellow to me because of the Doppler effect. The red light from the traffic signal was shifted up in frequency because I was traveling towards it, just like the pitch of an approaching car rises as it approaches you." a. Calculate how fast Slick Willy must have been driving, in meters per second, to observe the red light (wavelength of 687 nm) as yellow (wavelength of 570 nm). (Treat the traffic light as stationary, and assume the Doppler shift formula for sound works for light as well.)
Physics
2 answers:
kicyunya [2.2K]1 day ago
8 0
Slick Willy was traveling at a speed of 61578948 m/s to witness this phenomenon. To arrive at this conclusion, we apply the equation: λ = λ (687 nm) = 570 nm = 61578948 m/s.
Ostrovityanka [2.2K]1 day ago
6 0
In the scenario of the Doppler effect for an observer moving towards a source, the equation is as follows; where fʼ symbolizes the frequency detected by the observer, v denotes the speed of the wave in air, vₒ is the observer's speed, vₛ is the source's velocity, and f is the wave's frequency. The speed of light in the air is a constant, and the relationship among speed, frequency, and wavelength is identified through the respective equations. By utilizing the appropriate equation, we can derive the frequency of light emitted, and the frequency perceived by Slick Willy. The stationary traffic light indicates that its velocity vₛ is zero. Substituting these variables into our equation allows us to conclude.
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