Ah actually you are right..I still feel like that's too simple though, I just wrote the question out by memory though. I'll double check and get back to you :)
Thanks for the quick replies
I thought of that too, but then wouldn't the answer to part A be the observer hears no sound since it technically hasn't traveled to him yet? So I feel like that isn't it. We took part A up in class so I know that's it.
I know the whole nature of the doppler equation comes from stuff moving...
Homework Statement
Someone is free falling off a cliff. 20 m below the clifftop they scream with a frequency f. a) What does a person standing at the top of the cliff hear? b) what will they hear when the person is 40 m below the cliff?
Homework Equations
f'=f(v+-v_d)/(v-+v_s)
The...