Solution:
Solution
The wavelength of the sound wave in air is
$$\cfrac{320}{16\times {{10}^{3}}}=2\times {{10}^{-2}}\ m.$$
The positions of maxima on the circumference of the circular track will be given by
= nλ
When d is the separation between the sources and θ is the angular position of nth maximum as shown in the figure
2 sin θ = n (2 × 10-2) ⇒ sin θ = n / 100
Since sin θ lies between 0 and 1 there are 400 maxima on the entire circle.
These 400 maxima will be heard by the person in the time t = 400 / 2 = 200 s
Speed of the train = 36 km/h = 36 × 5/ 18 = 10 m/s
From the obtained values so far we get length of the track
= (10 m/s) (200s) = 2000 m
So radius of the track = $$\cfrac{2000}{2\pi }=\cfrac{1000}{\pi }m $$