OSHA, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, has established shandar

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OSHA, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, has established shandards for workplace exposure to noise. According to OSHA's Hearing Conservation Standard, the permissible noise exposure per day is 93.0 dB for 6 hours or 103 dB for 1 hour. Assuming the eardrum is 9.5 mm in diameter, find the energy absorbed by the eardrum, when subjected to each of these conditions.

(a) 93.0 dB for 6 hours

(b) 103 dB for 1 hour

(c) Is OSHA's safety standard simply a measure of the amount of energy absorbed by the eardrum? Explain.

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OSHA, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, has established shandar

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