El_Dustino
Apr25-07, 09:02 PM
This problem for some reason is giving me serious problem:
A 1.00 kHz tone issued from a loudspeaker has an intensity of 100. dB at a distance of 2.50 meters. If the speaker is assumed to be a point source, how far from the speaker will the sound (a) have an intensity of 60.0 dB and (b) be barely audible.
Now I'm not asking for someone to solve this problem for me at all. I was wondering if there is anyone who would have any ideas of how to arrive at the answer. I tried using [Intensity = Power \ (4)(3.14159)(r)^2] to solve for the power, and then use the same equation once more to solve for the distance at which the intensity is 60 dB. The teacher gave me the answers to this problem and asked me to find the method, which I thought would be easy, but I was wrong I guess.
A 1.00 kHz tone issued from a loudspeaker has an intensity of 100. dB at a distance of 2.50 meters. If the speaker is assumed to be a point source, how far from the speaker will the sound (a) have an intensity of 60.0 dB and (b) be barely audible.
Now I'm not asking for someone to solve this problem for me at all. I was wondering if there is anyone who would have any ideas of how to arrive at the answer. I tried using [Intensity = Power \ (4)(3.14159)(r)^2] to solve for the power, and then use the same equation once more to solve for the distance at which the intensity is 60 dB. The teacher gave me the answers to this problem and asked me to find the method, which I thought would be easy, but I was wrong I guess.