Can Relative Velocity Determine Bat's Speed Without Doppler Effect?

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Homework Statement



I was thinking about the problem. There is a bat which is at rest and sends a sound of frequncy of 450 khz. another bat flying towards it hears it as a sound of frequency of 457 hz. i was trying to know the velocity of the second bat using simple physics formula or without using doppler's effect or other phenomena.

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i tried to do this by using t= 1/f but to say the truth didnt go any farther. and i don't have any idea about the relevancy. may the v=lambda *frequency and t=1/f will help.

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Did you look at the equations for the Doppler effect.
 
Ya i have solved using doppler effect. i was thinking if it can be used using relative velocity phenomena.
 
mikhailpavel said:
Ya i have solved using doppler effect. i was thinking if it can be used using relative velocity phenomena.

Have you looked at the derivation of the Doppler formula?