Fundamentals of Physics Extended (10th Edition)

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Chapter 17 - Waves-II - Problems - Page 508: 30b

Answer

The sound level is $~~39.5~dB$

Work Step by Step

In part (a), we found that $I = 8.84\times 10^{-9}~W/m^2$ We can find the sound level in decibels: $\beta = (10~dB)~log(\frac{I}{I_0})$ $\beta = (10~dB)~log(\frac{8.84\times 10^{-9}~W/m^2}{10^{-12}~W/m^2})$ $\beta = 39.5~dB$ The sound level is $~~39.5~dB$
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