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The Doppler Effect
18. Waves & Sound / The Doppler Effect / Problem 5

A self-driving drone navigates in space by emitting bursts of sound waves and detecting reflections from objects.  If a navigation sound has a frequency of 22 kHz, determine the speed and direction of the drone relative to an object if it detects a frequency of 18 kHz.

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