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olga nikolaevna [1]
3 years ago
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Your boss asks you to design a room that can be as soundproof as possible and provides you with three samples of material. The o

nly information on each sample's label is the material's coefficient of absorption. The coefficient of absorption listed on Sample A is 30%, on Sample B is 47%, and on Sample C is 62%. When your boss asks for your choice and the reasoning behind it, what would you tell him?
A. Sample C would be best, because the percentage of the energy in an incident wave that remains in a reflected wave from this material is the largest.
B. Sample A would be best, because the percentage of the energy in an incident wave that remains in a reflected wave from this material is the largest.
C. Sample C would be best, because the percentage of the energy in an incident wave that remains in a reflected wave from this material is the smallest.
D. Sample A would be best, because the percentage of the energy in an incident wave that remains in a reflected wave from this material is the smallest.
Physics
1 answer:
Ierofanga [76]3 years ago
6 0
<span>C. Sample C would be best, because the percentage of the energy
in an incident wave that remains in a reflected wave from this material
is the smallest.

The coefficient of absorption is the percentage of incident sound
that's absorbed.  So the highest coefficient of absorption results in
the smallest </span><span>percentage of the energy in an incident wave that remains.
That's what you want. </span>
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