The end-of-chapter exercise reads: On the planet Arrakis, a male ornithoid is flying toward his stationary mate at 25.0 m/s while singing at a frequency of 1200 Hz. If the female hears a tone of 1240 Hz, what is the speed of sound in the atmosphere of Arrakis?

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Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 10-Aug-2023 20:51:08 UTC Robert McNees

This is from the 9th edition of "Sears & Zemansky's College Physics." Did Hugh Young really slip a Star Trek / Dune crossover into an end-of-chapter exercise?

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