Question

He loudness of a pile driver is 112 dB. About how many times the sound intensity of the jackhammer is the sound intensity of a pile driver? Round to the nearest ten.

Answer 1

Answer:

40

Step-by-step explanation:

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Answer 2

Complete question :

The loudness of a jack hammer is 96 dB. Its sound intensity is about 0.004.

The loudness of a compactor is 94 dB. Its sound intensity is about 0.0025.

The sound intensity of the jack hammer is about 1.6 times the sound intensity of the compactor.

The loudness of a pile driver is 112 dB. About how many times the sound intensity of the jackhammer is the sound intensity of a pile driver? Round to the nearest ten.

Answer:

40

Step-by-step explanation:

Given that:

Sound intensity of jackhammer = 0.004

Sound intensity of compactor = 0.0025

Sound intensity of jackhammer is about 1.6 times the sound intensity of a compactor

Each factor of 10 in intensity corresponds to 10dB

Pile driver with loudness of 112dB ; 112 / 10 = 11.2

Hence, 10^11.2 = 1.58489 * 10^11

Hence, sound intensity (I) in watts per m²

I = 1.58489 * 10^11 * 10^-12

I = 1.58489 * 10-1

I = 0.158489

Comparing the intensity of pile driver and jackhammer :

Intensity of piledriver / Intensity of jackhammer

0.158489 / 0.004

= 39.622

= 40 (nearest ten)