A police car with its siren sounding is stationary in heavy traffic

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Problem

A police car with its siren sounding is stationary in heavy traffic. A pedestrian notices that, although the loudness of the sound produced does not change, the pitch varies. Which row describes the amplitude and the frequency of the sound?
amplitudefrequency
Aconstantconstant
Bconstantvarying
Cvaryingconstant
Dvaryingvarying
(A) amplitude: constant; frequency: constant (B) amplitude: constant; frequency: varying (C) amplitude: varying; frequency: constant (D) amplitude: varying; frequency: varying

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