An observer is moving with half the speed of light towards a stationary microwave source emitting waves at frequency 10 GHz. What is the frequency of the microwave measured by the observer?(speed of light = 3 × 108 ms–1)
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Assume the abserver and source are moving away from each other with relative velocity v (v is negetive if the abserver and the source are moving towards each other)
... (1)
....(2)
Putting (2) in (1)
fo = 17.3 GHz