At the competitions I have been at, percussion instruments were most common - chimes, xylophones, and there's always a couples of kids with a tray of glasses or test tubes filled with water to various heights.doctor wrote:b/c alot of ppl make guitars or violins and they want a more variety
making a string instrument is alot easier than making drums
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I would imagine that there would be a lot of those, because they are pretty simple to make.
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I'm having some trouble with some equations.
I = intensity
I_0 = threshold of hearing*
Beta = relative intensity
P= power
A = Area
*I think so. I'm reading from a photocopy, and it's cut off.
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EDIT:Basic Equations wrote:
I = intensity
I_0 = threshold of hearing*
Beta = relative intensity
P= power
A = Area
*I think so. I'm reading from a photocopy, and it's cut off.
/EDIT
I had a start to this, but looking back it doesn't look correct. It would be greatly appreciated if someone could explain how to solve these types of problems.Practice Problem wrote:A jet plane is found to have a relative intensity upon takeoff of 110 dB. Calculate the intensity of the sound the jet makes. Ans. 0.10 W/m^2
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That post has discouraged me from doing this event. I don't like math.
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I don't understand those equations, but in order to find the intensity of anything, including light and sound, you must know how far away you are from the source. So it seems like you don't have enough information to solve it. I may be looking at this the wrong way, because that's the extent of my understanding.
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does anyone by any chance have a copy of the draft rules for sounds?
i know how the drafts arent posted online or anything but apparently someone has the drafts for towers so just wondering if anyone has it for sounds
i know how the drafts arent posted online or anything but apparently someone has the drafts for towers so just wondering if anyone has it for sounds
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You just have to know I_0, which is 10^-12 W/M^2. 110 dB = 11 B, so 10^11=I/10^-12, so I = 0.1blue cobra wrote:I'm having some trouble with some equations.
EDIT:Basic Equations wrote:
I = intensity
I_0 = threshold of hearing*
Beta = relative intensity
P= power
A = Area
*I think so. I'm reading from a photocopy, and it's cut off.
/EDIT
I had a start to this, but looking back it doesn't look correct. It would be greatly appreciated if someone could explain how to solve these types of problems.Practice Problem wrote:A jet plane is found to have a relative intensity upon takeoff of 110 dB. Calculate the intensity of the sound the jet makes. Ans. 0.10 W/m^2
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Thanks, but I'm not clear on what you did to get that answer. How (if at all) is that from ?Flavorflav wrote:<SNIP>
You just have to know I_0, which is 10^-12 W/M^2. 110 dB = 11 B, so 10^11=I/10^-12, so I = 0.1
I honestly have no idea what "log" means here.
Hopefully I'll be partnered with someone who can do the math...
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You... plug the values into that equation. 110 = 10 * log (I/10^-12). The "log" is just a logarithm, like the mathematical operator.
To solve for I, which is what the problem calls for, just divide the 10 out of both sides, then take the log out of the equation by making both sides the power on 10, so 10^11 = I/10^-12, then multiplying gives you I = 0.1 W/m^2, though that part is all just basic math. Flavor was right - all you needed to know, besides the equations you had, was the numerical value for the threshold for hearing, which is 10^-12 W/m^2.
To solve for I, which is what the problem calls for, just divide the 10 out of both sides, then take the log out of the equation by making both sides the power on 10, so 10^11 = I/10^-12, then multiplying gives you I = 0.1 W/m^2, though that part is all just basic math. Flavor was right - all you needed to know, besides the equations you had, was the numerical value for the threshold for hearing, which is 10^-12 W/m^2.
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