A noisy factory machine produces a sound intensity of 1.00 x 10-5 W/m2 when measured 10 m from the machine. Assume that the sound spreads out uniformly into 3 dimensions for this set of questions. What is the sound power output of the machine? (Give your answer in mW.) What is the decibel level of the machine at 10 m? At what distance is the decibel level equal to 55 dB? (Give your answer in m.)
Properties of sound
A sound wave is a mechanical wave (or mechanical vibration) that transit through media such as gas (air), liquid (water), and solid (wood).
Quality Of Sound
A sound or a sound wave is defined as the energy produced due to the vibrations of particles in a medium. When any medium produces a disturbance or vibrations, it causes a movement in the air particles which produces sound waves. Molecules in the air vibrate about a certain average position and create compressions and rarefactions. This is called pitch which is defined as the frequency of sound. The frequency is defined as the number of oscillations in pressure per second.
Categories of Sound Wave
People perceive sound in different ways, like a medico student takes sound as vibration produced by objects reaching the human eardrum. A physicist perceives sound as vibration produced by an object, which produces disturbances in nearby air molecules that travel further. Both of them describe it as vibration generated by an object, the difference is one talks about how it is received and other deals with how it travels and propagates across various mediums.
A noisy factory machine produces a sound intensity of 1.00 x 10-5 W/m2 when measured 10 m from the machine. Assume that the sound spreads out uniformly into 3 dimensions for this set of questions. What is the sound power output of the machine? (Give your answer in mW.) What is the decibel level of the machine at 10 m? At what distance is the decibel level equal to 55 dB? (Give your answer in m.)
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