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📅 MIT Science Bowl 2021🎓 HS🔄 Round 5#️⃣ Question 8 TOSS UP✍️ Short Answer

An observer is listening to a sound coming from a car at a fixed frequency. By name or number, rank the following three scenarios in order of smallest to largest frequency heard by the observer: 1) Stationary observer with a car moving away from observer at velocity v. 2) Stationary car with an observer moving towards car at velocity v. 3) Observer moving away from car at velocity v with a car moving away from observer at velocity v' (read: v prime).

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