College Physics with MasteringPhysics 7th Edition by Jerry Wilson,Anthony Buffa,Bo Lou

Exercise 73

Bats emit sounds of frequencies around 35.0 kHz and use echolocation to find their prey. If a bat is moving with a speed of 12.0 m/s toward a hovering, stationary insect, (a) what is the frequency received by the insect if the air temperature is 20 °C (b) What frequency of the reflected sound is heard by the bat (c) If the insect were initially moving directly away from the bat, would this affect the frequencies Explain.