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sound physics question?
You are sitting in L132 trying to write a Chemistry mid-term. Being the boy-scout type (i.e. being prepared) you bring along a sound level meter in case you have to register a complaint about the noise level while you are writing. It is reading a tolerable 50.0 dB. However, someone starts to work on the roof, raising the sound level to a reading of 75.0 dB. By what factor has the sound intensity increased?
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- billrussell42Lv 73 years agoFavorite Answer
the factor is 75–50 dB = 25 dB which is a ratio of about 300.
for power calculations:
dB = 10 log ratio
ratio = 10^2.5 = 310