Calculating Beats in a Room with Multiple Speakers and Moving Student

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The discussion focuses on calculating the beat frequency heard by a student moving in a room with two identical speakers emitting sound at 464 Hz. The student walks at a speed of 1.67 m/s, and the formula for beat frequency is derived from the Doppler effect. The key variables include the frequency of the sound, the speed of the student, and the speed of sound in air, which is necessary for the calculations. After some confusion, the user successfully determines the value of the speed of sound needed for the calculation. The final goal is to find the number of beats per second experienced by the student.
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A speaker at the front of a room and an identical speaker at the rear of the room are being driven by the same oscillator at 464 Hz. A student walks at a uniform rate of 1.67 m/s along the length of the room. How many beats does the student hear per second?

I have gotten this far its just i don't know where to go from here..simply i don't no how to find v, is it just speed of sound ??

F=464 Hz
u=1.67 m/s

Flow=f(1-u/v)
Fhi= f(1+u/v)

Fbeat=/ Fhi - Flow / = (2*f*u)/v

Whats v??
 
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does anyone know how to determine the value of v
 
nvm i got it
 
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