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Posted by Nick on Saturday, January 26, 2013 at 9:14pm.

a tuning fork of frequency 500 Hz is rotating on the edge of a disk of radius 1.2 meters. (a) If the disk turns at a rate of 40 rev/min, what are the maximum and minimum frequencies heard by the listener? (b) To what positions of the tuning fork do these frequencies correspond?

Physics - bobpursley, Saturday, January 26, 2013 at 9:18pm
max velocity toward the listener occur on the opposite sides.

veloicty of disk (source):radius*angular velociyin Radians/sec

then use the doppler equation

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