A man jumps from a building with a source of sound. When he reaches halfway down, he starts the siren of frequency 100Hz. A person standing below him on the ground hears the first sound to be of frequency 120Hz. What is the height of the building? Speed of sound = 330m/s. Take g=9.81m/s2.

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A man jumps from a building with a source of sound. When he reaches halfway down, he starts the siren of frequency 100Hz. A person standing below him on the ground hears the first sound to be of frequency 120Hz. What is the height of the building? Speed of sound = 330m/s. Take g=9.81m/s<sup>2</sup>.