Haven't been able to find out how to reach the correct answer for this question. So, the first question is:
At a party, there is a louder stereo blaring some dank music. I'm a party animal so I'm standing 1 meter away from the stereo and I perceive a sound intensity of 10^-1
, what is the approximate decibel level that I perceive to the nearest tenth?
So I got 110 dB for this, from doing I(dB)=10log(I/I*). I'm not able to get a correct answer for part 2, which is:
You are more far away, 20 meters, because you are a normal person, what is the sound intensity you perceive and the approximate decibel level?
My answer for the sound intensity is 1/4000
and 83.979 dB for the decibel level. The answer key says it's 0.00025 dB and 10^-3
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How would you get the correct answers for part 2?
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