Question: An eagle flying at 2 6 m / s emits a cry whose frequency is 4 4 0 Hz . A blackbird is moving in

An eagle flying at 26 m/s emits a cry whose frequency is 440 Hz. A blackbird is moving in the same direction as the eagle at 11 m/s.(Assume the speed of sound is 343 m/s.)
(a)
What frequency does the blackbird hear (in Hz) as the eagle approaches the blackbird?
It looks like you made a sign error. Remember the general Doppler equation is
f'=
f(v + vO)v vS
,
and in this case the source (the eagle) is moving towards the observer (the blackbird), and the observer is moving away from the source, so what does this tell you about vO and vS? Hz
(b)
What frequency does the blackbird hear (in Hz) after the eagle passes the blackbird?
It looks like you made a sign error. Remember the general Doppler equation is
f'=
f(v + vO)v vS
,
and in this case the source (the eagle) is moving away from the observer (the blackbird), and the observer is moving towards the source, so what does this tell you about vO and vS? Hz

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