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

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

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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.