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Question 13 Marks

Two sources of sound, S₁ and S₂, emitting waves of equal wavelength 20.0cm, are placed with a separation of 20.0cm between them. A detector can be moved on a line parallel to S₁S₂, and at a distance of 20.0cm from it. Initially, the detector is equidistant from the two sources. Assuming that the waves emitted by the sources are in phase, find the minimum distance through which the detector should be shifted to detect a minimum of sound.

Answer

According to the data

$\lambda=20\text{cm},\text{S}_1\text{S}_2=20\text{cm},\text{BD}=20\text{cm}$

Let the detector is shifted to left for a distance x for hearing the minimum sound.

So path difference $\text{AI}=\text{BC}-\text{AB}$

$=\sqrt{(20)^2+(10+\text{x})^2}-\sqrt{(20)^2+(10-\text{x})^2}$

So the minimum distances hearing for minimum

$=\frac{(2\text{n}+1)\lambda}{2}=\frac{\lambda}{2}=\frac{20}{2}=10\text{cm}$

$=\sqrt{(20)^2+(10+\text{x})^2}-\sqrt{(20)^2+(10-\text{x}^2)}=10$

Solving we get x = 12.0cm.

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Question 23 Marks

Two identical tuning forks vibrating at the same frequency 256Hz are kept fixed at some distance apart. A listener runs between the forks at a speed of 3.0m/s so that he approaches one tuning fork and recedes from the other figure. Find the beat frequency observed by the listener. Speed of sound in air = 332ms/s.

Answer

Here given velocity of the sources v_s = 0

Velocity of the observer v₀ = 3m/s

So, the apparent frequency heard by the man $=\Big(\frac{332+3}{332}\Big)\times256=258.3\text{Hz}.$

From the approaching tuning form = f'

$\text{f}'=\Big[\frac{(332-3)}{332}\Big]\times256=253.7\text{Hz}.$

So, beat produced by them $=258.3-253.7=4.6\text{Hz}.$

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Question 33 Marks

A person riding a car moving at 72km/h sounds a whistle emitting a wave of frequency 1250Hz. What frequency will be heard by another person standing on the road.

In front of the car.
Behind the car? Speed of sound in air = 340m/s.

Answer

Given $\text{v}_\text{s}=72\text{km/hour}=20\text{m/s},\ \rho=1250$

Apparent frequency $=\frac{340+0+0}{340+0-20}\times1250=1328\text{H}_2$

For second case apparent frequency will be $=\frac{340+0+0}{340+0-(-20)}\times1250=1181\text{Hz}.$

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Question 43 Marks

A car moves with a speed of 54km/h towards a cliff. The horn of the car emits sound of frequency 400Hz at a speed of 3.35m/s.

Find the wavelength of the sound emitted by the horn in front of the car.
Find the wavelength of the wave reflected from the cliff.
What frequency does a person sitting in the car hear for the reflected sound wave?
How many beats does he hear in 10 seconds between the sound coming directly from the horn and that coming after the reflection?

Answer

$\text{f}=1400\text{Hz}, \text{u}=335\text{m/s}$

$\lambda\Big(\frac{\text{v}}{\text{f}}\Big)=\Big(\frac{335}{400}\Big)=0.8\text{m}=80\text{cm}$

The frequency received and reflected by the wall,

$\text{f}'=\Big(\frac{\text{u}-\text{V}_0}{\text{u}-\text{V}_\text{s}}\Big)\times\text{f}=\frac{335}{320}\times400\ \dots$ V_s = 54m/s and V_o = 0]

$\Rightarrow\text{x}'=\Big(\frac{\text{v}}{\text{f}}\Big)=\frac{320\times335}{335\times400}=0.8\text{m}=80\text{cm}$

The frequency received by the person sitting inside the car from reflected wave,

$\text{f}'=\Big(\frac{335-0}{335-15}\Big)\text{f}=\frac{335}{320}\times400=467$ [V_s = 0 and V_o = -15m/s]
Because, the difference between the original frequency and the apparent frequency from the wall is very high (437 - 440 = 37Hz), he will not hear any beats.mm)

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Question 53 Marks

In a Quincke's experiment, the sound intensity has a minimum value I at a particular position. As the sliding tube is pulled out by a distance of 16.5mm, the intensity increases to a maximum of 9I. Take the speed of sound in air to be 330m/s.

Find the frequency of the sound source.
Find the ratio of the amplitudes of the two waves arriving at the detector assuming that it does not change much between the positions of minimum intensity and maximum intensity.

Answer

According to the data

$\frac{\lambda}{4}=16.5\text{mm}$

$\Rightarrow\lambda=66\text{mm}=66\times10^{-3}\text{m}$

$\Rightarrow\text{n}=\frac{\text{V}}{\lambda}=\frac{330}{66\times10^{-3}}=5\text{KHz}$

$\text{I}_\text{minimum}=\text{K}(\text{A}_1-\text{A}_2)^2=\text{I}\Rightarrow\text{A}_1-\text{A}_2=11$

$\text{I}_\text{minimum}=\text{K}(\text{A}_1+\text{A}_2)^2=9\Rightarrow\text{A}_1+\text{A}_2=31$

So, $\frac{\text{A}_1+\text{A}_2}{\text{A}_1+\text{A}_2}=\frac{\text{3}}{4}$

$\Rightarrow\frac{\text{A}_1}{\text{A}_2}=\frac{2}{1}$

So, the ratio amplitudes is 2.

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Question 63 Marks

A person standing on a road sends a sound signal to the driver of a car going away from him at a speed of 72km/h. The signal travelling at 330m/s in air and having a frequencyof 1600Hz gets reflected d from the body of the car and returns. Find the frequency of the reflected signal as heard by the person.

Answer

Here given, $\text{u}=330\text{m/s},\ \text{f}=1600\text{Hz}$

So, apparent frequency received by the car

$\text{f}'\Big(\frac{\text{u}-\text{V}_0}{\text{u}-\text{V}_\text{s}}\Big)\text{f}=\Big(\frac{330-20}{330}\Big)\times1600\text{Hz}\ \dots$ $\big[\text{V}_0=20\text{m/s},\ \text{V}_\text{s}=0\big]$

The reflected sound from the car acts as the source for the person.

Here, $\text{V}_\text{s}=-20\text{m/s},\ \text{V}_0=0$

So $\text{f}''=\Big(\frac{330-0}{330+20}\Big)\times\text{f}'=\frac{330}{350}\times\frac{310}{330}\times1600\text{Hz}=1417\text{Hz}.$

$\therefore\ $This is the frequency heard by the person from the car.

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Question 73 Marks

The equation of a travelling sound wave is $\text{y}=6.0\sin(600\text{t}-1.8\text{x})$ where y is measured in 10^-5m, t in second and x in metre.

Find the ratio of the displacement amplitude of the particles to the wavelength of the wave.
Find the ratio of the velocity amplitude of the particles to the wave speed.

Answer

Here given $\text{r}_\text{y}=6.0\times10^{-5}\text{m}$

Given $\frac{2\pi}{\lambda}=1.8$

$\Rightarrow\lambda=\Big(\frac{2\pi}{1.8}\Big)$

So, $\frac{\text{r}_\text{y}}{\lambda}=\frac{6.0\times(1.8)\times10^{-5}\text{m/s}}{2\pi}$

$=1.7\times10^{-5}\text{m}$

Let, velocity amplitude = V_y

$\text{V}=\frac{\text{dy}}{\text{dt}}=3600\cos(600\text{t}-1.8)\times10^{-5}\text{m/s}$

Here $\text{V}_\text{y}=3600\times10^{-5}\text{m/s}$

Again, $\lambda=\frac{2\pi}{1.8}$ and $\text{T}=\frac{2\pi}{600}$

⇒ wave speed = $\text{v}=\frac{\lambda}{\text{T}}$

$=\frac{600}{1.8}$

$=\frac{1000}{3}\text{m/s}.$

So the ratio of $\Big(\frac{\text{V}_\text{y}}{\text{v}}\Big)=\frac{3600\times3\times10^{-5}}{1000}.$

$=1.1\times 10^{-4}\text{m}$

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Question 83 Marks

Two coherent narrow slits emitting sound of wavelength $\lambda$ in the same phase are placed parallel to each other at a small separation of $2\lambda.$ The sound is detected by moving a detector on the screen $\sum$ at a distance $\text{D}(>>\lambda)$ from the slit S₁ as shown in figure. Find the distance x such that the intensity at P is equal to the intensity at 0.

Answer

Given:

S₁ & S₂ are in the same phase. At O, there will be maximum intensity.

There will be maximum intensity at P.

From the(in questions):

$\triangle\text{S}_1\text{PO}$ and $\triangle\text{S}_2\text{PO}$ are right-angled triangle

So, $(\text{S}_1\text{P})^2-(\text{S}_2\text{P})^2$

$=\big[\text{D}^2+\text{x}^2\big]-\Big[(\text{D}-2\lambda)^2+\text{x}^2\Big]^2$

$=4\lambda\text{D}+4\lambda^2=4\lambda\text{D}$

$\Big(\lambda^2$ is small and can be neglected$\Big)$

$\Rightarrow(\text{S}_1\text{P}+\text{S}_2\text{P})(\text{S}_1\text{P}-\text{S}_2\text{P})=4\lambda\text{D}$

$\Rightarrow(\text{S}_1\text{P}-\text{S}_2\text{P})=\frac{4\lambda\text{D}}{(\text{S}_1\text{P}+\text{S}_2\text{P})}$

$\Rightarrow\text{S}_1\text{P}-\text{S}_2\text{P}=\frac{4\lambda\text{D}}{2\sqrt{\text{x}^2+\text{D}^2}}$

For constructive interference, path difference $=\text{n}^\lambda$

So, $\text{S}_1\text{P}-\text{S}_2\text{P}=\frac{4\lambda\text{D}}{2\sqrt{\text{x}^2+\text{D}^2}}=\text{n}\lambda$

$\Rightarrow\frac{2\text{D}}{\sqrt{\text{x}^2+\text{D}^2}}=\text{n}$

$\Rightarrow\text{n}^2\big(\text{x}^2+\text{D}^2\big)=4\text{D}^2$

$\Rightarrow\text{n}^2\text{x}^2+\text{n}^2\text{D}^2=4\text{D}^2$

$\Rightarrow\text{n}^2\text{x}^2=4\text{D}^2-\text{n}^2\text{D}^2$

$\Rightarrow\text{n}^2\text{x}^2=\text{D}^2(4-\text{n}^2)$

$\Rightarrow\text{x}=\frac{\text{D}}{\text{n}}\sqrt{4-\text{n}^2}$

When n = 1,

$\text{x}=\sqrt{3}\text{D}$ (1^st order).

When n = 2,

$\text{x}=0$ (2^nd order).

So when $\text{x}=\sqrt{3}\text{D},$ the intensity at P is equal to the intensity at O.

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Question 93 Marks

A copper rod of length 1.0m is clamped at its middle point. Find the frequencies between 20Hz - 20,000Hz at which standing longitudinal waves can be set up in the rod. The speed of sound in copper is 3.8km/s.

Answer

Length of the wire $=1.0\text{m}$

For fundamental frequency $\frac{\lambda}{2}=\text{I}$

$\Rightarrow\lambda=2\text{I}=2\times1=2\text{m}$

Here given $\text{n}=3.8\text{km/s}=3800\text{m/s}$

We know $\Rightarrow\text{v}=\text{n}\lambda$

$\Rightarrow\text{n}=\frac{3800}{2}=1.9\text{kH}.$

So standing frequency between 20Hz and 20kHz which will be heard are

$=\text{n}\times1.9\text{kHz}$

Where n = 0, 1, 2, 3, … 10.

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Question 103 Marks

A traffic policeman standing on a road sounds a whistle emitting the main frequency of 2.00kHz. What could be the appparent frequency heard by a scooter-driver approaching the policeman at a speed of 36.0km/h? Speed of sound in air = 340m/s.

Answer

Let u = velocity of sound; V_m = velocity of the medium;

v_o = velocity of the observer; v_s = velocity of the sources.

$\text{f}=\bigg(\frac{\overrightarrow{\text{u}}+\overrightarrow{\text{v}}_\text{m}-\overrightarrow{\text{v}}_0}{\text{v}+\text{V}_\text{m}-\text{v}_\text{s}}\bigg)\text{F}$

Using sign conventions in Doppler’s effect,

$\text{V}_\text{m}=0,\ \text{u}=340\text{m/s},\ \text{v}_\text{s}=0$ and $\overrightarrow{\text{v}_0}=-10\text{m}$ (36km/h = 10m/s)

$=\Big(\frac{340+0-(-10)}{340+0-0}\Big)\times2\text{KHz}$

$=\frac{350}{340}\times2\text{KHz}$

$=2.06\text{KHz}.$

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Question 113 Marks

The sound level at a point 5.0m away from a point source is 40dB. What will be the level at a point 50m away from the source?

Answer

We know that $\beta=10\log_{10}\Big(\frac{\text{I}}{\text{I}_0}\Big)$

$\beta_\text{A}=10\log\frac{\text{I}_\text{A}}{\text{I}_0},\ \beta_\text{B}=10\log\frac{\text{I}_\text{B}}{\text{I}_0}$

$\Rightarrow\frac{\text{I}_\text{A}}{\text{I}_0}=10^{\big(\frac{\beta_\text{A}}{10}\big)}\Rightarrow\frac{\text{I}_\text{B}}{\text{I}_0}=10^{\big(\frac{\beta_\text{B}}{10}\big)}$

$\Rightarrow\frac{\text{I}_\text{A}}{\text{I}_\text{B}}=\frac{\text{r}_\text{B}^2}{\text{r}^2_\text{A}}=\Big(\frac{50}{5}\Big)^2\Rightarrow10^{\big(\frac{\beta_\text{A}}{\beta_\text{B}}\big)}=10^2$

$\Rightarrow\frac{\beta_\text{A}-\beta_\text{B}}{10}=2\Rightarrow\beta_\text{A}-\beta_\text{B}=20$

$\Rightarrow\beta_\text{B}=40-20$

$=20\text{d}\beta.$

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Question 123 Marks

A source emitting a sound of frequency v is placed at a large distance from an observer. The source starts moving towards the observer with a uniform acceleration a. Find the frequency heard by the observer corresponding to the wave emitted just after the source starts. The speed of sound in the medium is u.

Answer

Let the distance between the source and the observer is ‘x’ (initially)

So, time taken for the first pulse to reach the observer is $\text{t}_1=\frac{\text{x}}{\text{v}}$

And the second pulse starts after T $\Big($where, $\text{T}=\frac{1}{\text{v}}\Big)$

And it should travel a distance $\Big(\text{x}-\frac{1}{2}\text{a}\text{T}^2\Big).$

So, $\text{t}_2=\text{T}+\frac{\frac{\text{x}-1}{2}\text{a}\text{T}^2}{\text{v}}$

$\text{t}_2-\text{t}_1=\text{T}+\frac{\frac{\text{x}-1}{2}\text{aT}^2}{\text{v}}=\frac{\text{x}}{\text{v}}=\text{T}-\frac{1}{2}\frac{\text{aT}^2}{\text{v}}$

Putting = $\text{T}=\frac{1}{\text{v}}.$ we get

$\text{t}_2-\text{t}_1=\frac{2\text{uv}-\text{a}}{2\text{vv}^2}$

So, frequency heard $=\frac{2\text{vv}^2}{2\text{uv}-\text{a}}$ $\Big($because, $\text{f}=\frac{1}{\text{t}_2-\text{t}_1}\Big)$

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Question 133 Marks

A train approaching a platform at a speed of 54km/h sounds a whistle. An observer on the platform finds its frequency to be 1620Hz. The train passes the platform keeping the whistle on and without slowing down. What frequency will the observer hear after the train has crossed the platfrom? The speed of sound in air = 332m/s.

Answer

Here given, apparent frequency = 1620Hz

So original frequency of the train is given by

$1620=\Big(\frac{332+0+0}{332-15}\Big)\text{f}$

$\Rightarrow\text{f}=\Big(\frac{1620\times317}{332}\Big)\text{Hz}$

So, apparent frequency of the train observed by the observer in

$\text{f}_1=\Big(\frac{332+0+0}{332+15}\Big)\text{f}\times\Big(\frac{1620\times317}{332}\Big)$

$=\frac{317}{347}\times1620=1480\text{Hz}.$

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Question 143 Marks

Calculate the speed of sound in oxygen from the following data. The mass of 22.4 litre of oxygen at STP (T = 273K and p = 1.0 x 10⁵N/m²) is 32g, the molar heat capacity of oxygen at constant volume is C_v = 2.5R and that at constant pressure is C_p = 3.5R.

Answer

Given that

$\text{p}=1.0\times10^{5}\text{N/m}^2,\ \text{T}=273\text{K},\ \text{M}=32\text{g}=32\times10^{-3}\text{kg}$

$\text{V}=22.4\ \text{liter}=22.4\times10^{-3}\text{m}^3$

$\frac{\text{C}}{\text{C}_\text{v}}=\text{r}=\frac{3.5\text{R}}{2.5\text{R}}=1.4$

$\Rightarrow\text{V}=\sqrt{\frac{\text{rp}}{\text{f}}}=\sqrt{\frac{1.4\times1.0\times10^{-5}}{\frac{32}{22.4}}}=310\text{m/s}$ $\big($because $\rho=\frac{\text{m}}{\text{v}}\big)$

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Question 153 Marks

The intensity of sound from a point source is 1.0 × 10^-6W/m² at a distance of 5.0m from the source. What will be the intensity at a distance of 25m from the source?

Answer

Here $\text{I}_1=1.0\times10^{-8}\text{W}_1/\text{m}^2;\text{I}_2=?$

$\text{r}_1=5.0\text{m},\ \text{r}_2=25\text{m}.$

We know that $\text{I}\propto\frac{1}{\text{r}^2}$

$\Rightarrow\text{I}_1\text{r}_1^2=\text{I}_2\text{r}_2^2$

$\Rightarrow\text{I}_2=\frac{\text{I}_1\text{r}_1^2}{\text{r}^2_2}$

$=\frac{1.0\times10^{-8}\times25}{625}$

$=4.0\times10^{-10}\text{W/m}^2.$

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Question 163 Marks

The noise level in a class-room in absence of the teacher is 50dB when 50 students are present. Assuming that on the average each student outputs same sound energy per second, what will be the noise level if the number of students is increased to 100?

Answer

Let the intensity of each student be I.

According to the question

$\beta_\text{A}=10\log_{10}\frac{50\text{I}}{\text{I}_0};\ \beta_\text{B}=10\log_{10}\Big(\frac{100\text{I}}{\text{I}_0}\Big)$

$\Rightarrow\beta_\text{B}-\beta_\text{A}=10\log_{10}\frac{50\text{I}}{\text{I}_0}-10\log_{10}\Big(\frac{100\text{I}}{\text{I}_0}\Big)$

$=10\log\Big(\frac{100\text{I}}{50\text{I}}\Big)$

$=10\log_{10}2=3$

So, $\beta_\text{A}=50+3=53\text{dB}.$

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Question 173 Marks

A violin player riding on a slow train plays a 440Hz note. Another violin player standing near the track plays the same note. When the two are close by and the train approaches the person on the ground, he hears 4.0 beats per second. The speed of sound in air = 340m/s.

Calculate the speed of the train.
What beat frequency is heard by the player in the train?

Answer

Given,

Frequency of violins f₀= 440Hz

Speed of sound in air v = 340ms^-1

Let the velocity of the train (sources) be v_s.

Beat heard by the standing man = 4

$\therefore\ \text{Frequency (f}_1)=440+4$

$\text{f}_1=444\text{Hz or 436 Hz}$

Now,

$\text{f}_1=\Big(\frac{340}{340-\text{v}_\text{s}}\Big)\times\text{f}_0$

On substituting the values,

We have,

$444=\Big(\frac{340+0}{340-\text{v}_\text{s}}\Big)\times440$

$\Rightarrow444(340-\text{v}_\text{s})=440\times340$

$\Rightarrow340\times(444-440)=440\times\text{v}_\text{s}$

$\Rightarrow340\times4=440\times\text{v}_\text{s}$

$\Rightarrow\text{v}_\text{s}=3.09\text{m/ s}=11\text{km/ h}$

The sitting man will listen to fewer than 4 beats/-s.

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Question 183 Marks

A traffic policeman sounds a whistle to stop a car-driver approaching towards him. The car-driver does not stop and takes the plea in court that because of the Doppler shift, the frequency of the whistle reaching him might have gone beyond the audible limit of 20kHz and he did not hear it. Experiments showed that the whistle emits a sound with frequency close to 16kHz. Assuming that the claim of the driver is true, how fast was he driving the car? Take the speed of sound in air to be 330m/s. Is this speed practical with today's technology?

Answer

Here given f_s = 16 × 10³Hz

Apparent frequency f' = 20 × 103Hz (greater than that value)

Let the velocity of the observer = v₀

Given v_s = 0

So, $20\times10^{3}=\Big(\frac{330+\text{v}_0}{330+0}\Big)\times16\times10^3$

$\Rightarrow(330+\text{v}_0)=\frac{20\times330}{16}$

$\Rightarrow\text{v}_0=\frac{20\times330-16\times330}{4}$

$=\frac{330}{4}\text{m/s}$

$=297\text{km/h}$

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Question 193 Marks

The horn of a car emits sound with a dominant frequency of 2400Hz. What will be the apparent dominant frequency heard by a person standing on the road in front of the car if the car is approaching at 18.0km/h? Speed of sound in air = 340m/s.

Answer

$\text{f}^1=\bigg(\frac{\overrightarrow{\text{u}}+\overrightarrow{\text{v}}_\text{m}-\overrightarrow{\text{v}}_0}{\overrightarrow{\text{u}}+\overrightarrow{\text{v}}_\text{m}-\overrightarrow{\text{v}}_\text{s}}\bigg)\text{f}$ [18km/h = 5m/s]

Using sign conventions,

app. Frequency $=\Big(\frac{340+0-0}{340+0-5}\Big)\times2400=2436\text{Hz}.$

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Question 203 Marks

A bat emitting an ultrasonic wave of frequency 4.5 × 10⁴Hz flies at a speed of 6m/s between two parallel walls. Find the two frequencies heard by the bat and the beat frequency between the two. The speed of sound is 330m/s.

Answer

Let, the bat be flying between the walls W₁ and W₂.

So it will listen two frequency reflecting from walls W₂ and W₁.

So, apparent frequency, as received by wall $\text{W}=\text{fw}_2=\frac{330+0+0}{330-6}\times\text{f}=\frac{330}{324}$

Therefore, apparent frequency received by the bat from wall W₂ is given by

$\text{F}_{\text{B}_2}\ \text{of wall}\ \text{W}_1=\Big(\frac{330+0-(-6)}{330+0+0}\Big)\text{f}_{\text{w}_2}$

$=\Big(\frac{336}{33}\Big)\times\Big(\frac{33}{324}\Big)\text{f}$

Similarly the apparent frequency received by the bat from wall W₁ is

$\text{f}_\text{B}=\Big(\frac{324}{336}\Big)\text{f}$

So the beat frequency heard by the bat will be $=4.47\times10^4=4.3430\times10^4=3270\text{Hz}.$

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