A cricket is chirping with an unknown power. If the sound intensity level of the cricket is 100 dE at a distance of 0.5 m from the bug, what power is this bug chirping with? Assume that the bug emits this sound uniformly in all directions.

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A cricket is chirping with an unknown power. If the sound intensity level of the cricket is 100 dB
at a distance of 0.5 m from the bug, what power is this bug chirping with? Assume that the bug
emits this sound uniformly in all directions.
Transcribed Image Text:A cricket is chirping with an unknown power. If the sound intensity level of the cricket is 100 dB at a distance of 0.5 m from the bug, what power is this bug chirping with? Assume that the bug emits this sound uniformly in all directions.
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