Catajnapute Catajnapute

12-01-2016
Physics

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The change in pitch of a train's horn as it passes while you are standing still can be explained by

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13-01-2016

That change in pitch can be described by the math
of the Doppler effect. But that doesn't 'explain' it.

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saadhussain514 saadhussain514

18-08-2018

The correct answer is:

Doppler effect

Explanation:

The Doppler effect is the variation in wavelength or wavelength of a wave in relative to an observer who is moving to correspond to the wave source. It is described after the Austrian physicist Christian Doppler, who explained the phenomenon in 1842.

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