At a basketball game in an enclosed arena, you happen to sit next to a screaming

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At a basketball game in an enclosed arena, you happen to sit next to a screaming baby. If the baby's yell arrives at your ear with an intensity of 75 dB, and the music that reaches your ear from the loudspeakers during the teams warm up is 80 dB, A) What is the intensity "I" of the overall sound you hear? B) What is the intensity level of the sound you hear? At a basketball game in an enclosed arena, you happen to sit next to a screaming baby. If the baby's yell arrives at your ear with an intensity of 75 dB, and the music that reaches your ear from the loudspeakers during the teams warm up is 80 dB, A) What is the intensity "I" of the overall sound you hear? B) What is the intensity level of the sound you hear? A) What is the intensity "I" of the overall sound you hear? B) What is the intensity level of the sound you hear?

Explanation / Answer

A) Intensity I = 75+80 = 155 dB

B) Intensity level of Sound is beta = 10 dB*log(75/80) = 0.28 dB

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