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A state trooper chases a speeder along a straight road; both vehicles move at 160 km/h. The siren on the trooper’s vehicle produces sound at a frequency of 500 Hz. What is the Doppler shift in the frequency heard by the speeder?

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The vehicles move at 160 km/h.

The siren produces sound at a frequency of 500 Hz

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