Question: Bats use echolocation to hunt and navigate, emitting high frequency sounds and listening to the reflections. The range of the sounds depends on numerous factors

Bats use echolocation to hunt and navigate, emitting high frequency sounds and listening to the reflections. The range of the sounds depends on numerous factors (including species, navigating versus hunting, and more) but runs roughly from 10 kHz to 200 kHz.
The Brazilian free-tailed can reach speeds of almost 100 miles per hour, so there are noticeable doppler shifts in their echolocation.
Suppose a bat is flying at the leisurely bat-speed of 17 m/s, and emits acry at 124kHz as it approaches a stationary object.
What frequency would a microphone at the stationary object detect from the bat?

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