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question 37

Multiple Choice

A carousel that is 5.00 m in radius has a pair of 600-Hz sirens mounted on posts at opposite ends of a diameter.The carousel rotates with an angular velocity of 0.800 rad/s.A stationary listener is located at a distance from the carousel.The speed of sound is 350 m/s.The longest wavelength reaching the listener from the sirens is closest to

• A) 57.0 cm.
• B) 57.7 cm.
• C) 58.3 cm.
• D) 59.0 cm.
• E) 59.6 cm.

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Cumulative Abnormal Returns

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Event Studies

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