3) A pedestrian is standing along a railroad track as a train blowing its whistl

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3) A pedestrian is standing along a railroad track as a train blowing its whistle approaches. A second pedestrian is standing along the train track as shown below. Which statement is TRUE? Pedestrian 1 Pedestrian 2 Train "Both pedestrians hear the same higher shift in frequency." "Pedestrian 2 hears a higher pitch than Pedestrian 1." "Both pedestrian hear the same lower shift in frequency." O "None of the above are correct because the amplitudes of the waves heard by the two pedestrians are the same."

Explanation / Answer

As the train is approaching both of the observers, both pedestrians 1 and pedestrian 2 hear same higher shift in frequency.

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