A train moving towards a hill at a speed of $72\ km/hr$ sounds a whistle of frequency $500\ Hz$ . A wind is blowing from the hill at a speed of $36\ km/hr$ . If the speed of sound in air is $340\ m/s$ , the frequency heard by a man on the hill (nearly) is ... $Hz$
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