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Date November 2020 Marks available [Maximum mark: 2] Reference code 20N.2.HL.TZ0.4d(i)
Level HL Paper 2 Time zone TZ0
Command term Explain Question number d(i) Adapted from N/A
d(i).
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20N.2.HL.TZ0.4d(i)

Two loudspeakers, A and B, are driven in phase and with the same amplitude at a frequency of 850Hz. Point P is located 22.5m from A and 24.3m from B. The speed of sound is 340ms-1.

In another experiment, loudspeaker A is stationary and emits sound with a frequency of 850Hz. The microphone is moving directly away from the loudspeaker with a constant speed v. The frequency of sound recorded by the microphone is 845Hz.

(d(i))

Explain why the frequency recorded by the microphone is lower than the frequency emitted by the loudspeaker.

[2]

Markscheme

speed of sound relative to the microphone is less


wavelength unchanged «so frequency is lower»
OR
fewer waves recorded in unit time/per second «so frequency is lower»

Examiners report

HL only. The majority of candidates answered this by describing the Doppler Effect for a moving source. Others reworded the question without adding any explanation. Correct explanations were rare.