IIT 07

Two trains A and B are moving with speeds 20 m/s and 30 m/s respectively in
the same direction on the same straight track, with B ahead of A. The engines
are at the front ends. The engine of train A blows a long whistle.
The speed of sound in still air is 340 m/s.

The speed of sound of the whistle is
(A) 340 m/s for passengers in A and 310 m/s for passengers in B
(B) 360 m/s for passengers in A and 310 m/s for passengers in B
(C) 310 m/s for passengers in A and 360 m/s for passengers in B
(D) 340 m/s for passengers in both the trains

8 Answers

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The Race begins... ·

Ans. is (A).!

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Anirudh Narayanan ·

I thought so too...until i saw the answer.....given ans is B

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virang1 Jhaveri ·

B)

is the answer

For passenger in Train A
The whistle is blown ahead so the sound has to travel back with 340
While the train is moving with 20m/s in opposite= 360m/s For A
While the passenger in B is ahead of The whistle and the sound travels ahead with 340 while the train is also moving in the same direction therefore 340-30 = 310m/s for B

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virang1 Jhaveri ·

Is it rite ?

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Anirudh Narayanan ·

isn't it just the concept of relative velocity?? (340-20)ms-1 for A and (340-30)ms-1 for B??

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karthik singaraju ·

if vel. are in same directions they are subtracted and in opp. directions they are added.

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virang1 Jhaveri ·

See the sound can travel in all direction.

Now since if you only take the forward direction it will be in correct as according to your method the passenger in A cannot hear it since the sound is moving ahead with velocity faster then itself.

But that is not true .
Therefore you have take the direction in such a way that the sound will be heard by the passenger. Therefore for A the direction will be backward. While for B the direction will be forward

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virang1 Jhaveri ·

Pink me pls

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