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Can the Doppler effect be observed with longitudinal waves, with transverse waves, or with both?
To explain: Whether the Doppler effect can be observed with longitudinal wave, transverse wave or with both.
Answer to Problem 46A
Doppler effect can be observed with both type of waves.
Explanation of Solution
Introduction:
When there is the relative motion between the observer and the source, a change in frequency and hence change in wavelength is observed. This is called Doppler effect.
Doppler effect can be observed with both type of waves that is longitudinal wave and transverse wave.When a source producing waves, moves towards the observer, its frequency increases, and hence wavelength decreases, as frequency is reciprocal to wavelength. On the other hand if the sound source moves away from the observer, it frequency decreases, and hence wavelength increases. In Doppler effect there is no change in the wave speed.
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