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Chapter 20: Problem 16

Question: Find the intensity ratio of two sound waves whose sound levels differ by tex2html_wrap_inline565.

Solution: The definition of sound level is tex2html_wrap_inline567, where I is the intensity of the sound wave and tex2html_wrap_inline571 is the reference intensity. For two different intensities, tex2html_wrap_inline431 and tex2html_wrap_inline435 we have that tex2html_wrap_inline577. Therefore we have that tex2html_wrap_inline579.



Martin Savage
Tue Jan 12 17:39:44 PST 1999