Physics: Principles with Applications (7th Edition)

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Chapter 12 - Sound - General Problems - Page 357: 77

Answer

a. 51 dB. b. $5\times10^{-9}W$.

Work Step by Step

a. Find the gain. $$\beta = 10log \frac{P_{out}}{P_{in}}=10log \frac{135\;W}{1.0\times10^{-3}W}=51\;dB $$ b. Start with the gain equation, then solve for the noise power. $$\beta = 10log \frac{P_{signal}}{P_{noise}}$$ $$ P_{noise}=\frac{P_{signal}}{10^{\beta/10}}=\frac{10\;W}{10^{93/10}}= 5\times10^{-9}W $$
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