Question: A bat is flying toward a cave wall at 2 7 . 0 m / s . What is the frequency of the reflected sound

A bat is flying toward a cave wall at 27.0 m/s.What is the frequency of the reflected sound that it hears, assuming it emits sound at 52.0 kHz?The speed of sound is 341.5 m/s.
Hint, this problem might be a bit tricky.You will need to divide this problem over two steps.First the source (bat) is moving towards an observer (the wall).Calculate the frequency that the stationary wall would observe.
Next use this frequency and the wall as a source emitting this frequency (when the frequency is reflected back).The wall would be a stationary source and the bat would become an observer moving towards the source.Find the final frequency.

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