Question: Rewrite Eq. 37.25 to find the relative velocity u between the electromagnetic source and an observer in terms of the ratio of the observed frequency

Rewrite Eq. 37.25 to find the relative velocity u between the electromagnetic source and an observer in terms of the ratio of the observed frequency and the source frequency of light. What relative velocity u will produce?
(a) A 5.0% decrease in frequency and
(b) An increase by a factor of 5 of the observed light?

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