## Sound Waves, Resonance, and intensity...

"If two flutists play ther instuments together at the same intensity, is the sound twice as loud as that of either flutist playing alone at the intensity? Why or why not?"

I know that the answer has something to do with the sensation of loudness being logarithmic in the human ear, but I guess I don't really understand the concept.

Any help is greatly, greatly, greatly appreciated!
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 The sound will be 1dB louder, I think (using the original as a reference). Either way, it will not be twice as loud. You already gave the correct answer.
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## Sound Waves, Resonance, and intensity...

Well, the equation for the sound level is:

$$\beta=10log[\frac{I}{I_o}]$$

Where $$I_o=10^-^1^2\frac{W}{m^2}$$

So you can just plug in values for varying intensities and see.
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 Quote by dst The sound will be 1dB louder, I think (using the original as a reference). Either way, it will not be twice as loud. You already gave the correct answer.
A doubling in intensity is about 3 dB as a rule of thumb.

Claude.

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