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Problem 1: A police officer pulls over a physics student for running a red light. The...

Problem 1: A police officer pulls over a physics student for running a red light. The student tries to use the Doppler effect to get out of the ticket by telling the officer that since he was driving towards the light, the frequency was shifted and actually appeared green instead of red. What fraction of the speed of light would the student need to be traveling in order for this to actually occur? Assume the red light has a wavelength of 660 nm and green light has a wavelength of 500 nm. (10 points)

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The fraction of speed of light that the student need to move was found to be 16.67/100 (or) 0.167c, where c is the speed of light

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