You hear a song from your playlist you haven't heard in a while and it warrants you to commence singing.  As you are sing, the power of the compression wave you create is approximately 297.02 nW (note, nW is nano-Watts).  What is the intensity of this sound as measured by your roommate who is standing 6.04m from you?  Please give your answer in units of nW/m2.  This unit is not a common one.  Usually, the unit would simply be Watts per square-meter (which would be your answer divided by a million!).  This goes to show you that are ears are amazingly sensitive to very tiny sound intensities.  Note: Intensity was a topic covered in section 11.1, and I will provide the formula: I = P / A where P is the power in units of Watts, and A is the surface area of a sphere of radius "L" (in this problem).

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You hear a song from your playlist you haven't heard in a while and it warrants you to commence singing.  As you are sing, the power of the compression wave you create is approximately 297.02 nW (note, nW is nano-Watts).  What is the intensity of this sound as measured by your roommate who is standing 6.04m from you?  Please give your answer in units of nW/m2.  This unit is not a common one.  Usually, the unit would simply be Watts per square-meter (which would be your answer divided by a million!).  This goes to show you that are ears are amazingly sensitive to very tiny sound intensities.  Note: Intensity was a topic covered in section 11.1, and I will provide the formula: I = P / A where P is the power in units of Watts, and A is the surface area of a sphere of radius "L" (in this problem). 

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