Assertion - Speed of mechanical wave in the medium depends on the velocity of source, relative to an observer at rest. Reason - Speed of mechanical wave is independent of the elastic and other properties such as mass density of the medium.
A
Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion
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B
Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion
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C
Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect
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D
Both Assertion and Reason are incorrect
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Solution
The correct option is C Both Assertion and Reason are incorrect The speed of a mechanical wave with respect to the observer at rest depends only on the elastic and other properties of medium. It is independent of the velocity of the wave source.