A moving source tends to compress the sound waves in the direction it is moving. Is this true or false?

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Jeremy Kerr · Answer 1 · 2023-09-11T15:05:52+0000

According to the Doppler Effect, a moving sound source produces sound waves with a shorter wavelength in the direction it is moving and sound waves with a larger wavelength in the opposite direction, as the diagram shows.

Therefore, the answer is:

$\text{True}$

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