Asked by Jill
You are trying to overhear a juicy conversation, but from your distance of 17.0 m, it sounds like only an average whisper of 35.0 dB. So you decide to move closer to give the conversation a sound level of 80.0 dB instead.
How close should you come?
d= ?? cm
How close should you come?
d= ?? cm
Answers
Answered by
bobpursley
halving the distance adds six db. You can use the inverse square law to show that.
halving the distance = 41db
halving again=47db
halving again= 53 db
or (1/2)^n= 6n= 80-35
(1/2)^n=45
2^-n=45
log2 of each side
n=log2 45= 6.7
distance= 17*2^-6.7=.162m or 16.2cm
check my thinking
halving the distance = 41db
halving again=47db
halving again= 53 db
or (1/2)^n= 6n= 80-35
(1/2)^n=45
2^-n=45
log2 of each side
n=log2 45= 6.7
distance= 17*2^-6.7=.162m or 16.2cm
check my thinking
Answered by
Jill
it didn't end up being correct, but i'm not sure where it goes wrong...
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