A car is moving towards a high cliff. The car driver sounds a horn of frequency $f$. The reflected sound heard by the driver has a frequency $2f$. If $v$ be the velocity of sound then the velocity of the car, in the same velocity units, will be
AIPMT 2004, Diffcult
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