Find sound intensity level relative to threshold of hearing

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A woman stands a distance d from a loud motor that emits sound uniformly in all directions. The sound intensity at her position is an uncomfortable 2.3×10-3 W/m2. At a distance 3.2 times as far from the motor, what are

(a) the sound intensity and

(b) the sound intensity level relative to the threshold of hearing?

Reference no: EM13549675

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