
Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics
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Author: Douglas C. Giancoli
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Chapter 16, Problem 22P
(II) A cassette player is said to have a signal-to-noise ratio of 62 dB, whereas for a CD player it is 98 dB. What is the ratio of intensities of the signal and the background noise for each device?
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