Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32190-308-0
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Chapter 14 - Waves and Sound - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 496: 96

Answer

$1.0\times 10^{-10}\frac{W}{m^2}$

Work Step by Step

We can find the required intensity as follows: $20dB=10log\frac{I}{I_{\circ}}$ $\implies I=I_{\circ}10^{\frac{20}{10}}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $I=(1.0\times 10^{-12})(10^2)=1.0\times 10^{-10}\frac{W}{m^2}$
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