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Suppose that sound is emitted uniformly in all directions by a public address system. The intensity at a location 26.4 m away from the sound source is 4.21 x 10{eq}^{-4} {/eq} W/m{eq}^{2} {/eq}. What is the intensity at a spot that is 70.2 m away?
Intensity of Sound:
The Intensity of sound is the power of Sound received per unit area at a location away from sound source. Considering a sound source of power P, Intensity at a distance d from the source, is given by:
{eq}I \ = \dfrac{P}{4\pi d^2} {/eq}
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- Intensity of sound, at distance d = 26.4 m from the source is I = 4.21 x 10{eq}^{-4} {/eq} W/m{eq}^{2} {/eq}
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