A loudspeaker is placed between two observers who are 114 m apart, along the line connecting them. If one observer records a sound level of 61.6 dB and the other records a sound level of 81.3 dB, how far is the speaker from each observer?
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Get the intensity ratio from the decibel difference, and apply the inverse square law so that the ratio of distances squared are the inverse ratio of the intensities.
intensity ratio = 19.7dB
I=1/r^2
r^2 = 1/19.7
r = .225m
this doesn't make sense
what am i doing wrong?
I=1/r^2
r^2 = 1/19.7
r = .225m
this doesn't make sense
what am i doing wrong?