A standing wave, consisting of two pure tone waves both having a frequency of 1 kHz and moving in opposite directions along a line, has one wave with an SPL of 90 dB re 20 and the other wave has half the amplitude. What is the smallest and largest SPL a microphone could read of this standing wave?

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A standing wave, consisting of two pure tone waves both having a frequency of 1 kHz and moving in opposite directions along a line, has one wave with an SPL of 90 dB re 20 and the other wave has half the amplitude.

What is the smallest and largest SPL a microphone could read of this standing wave? 

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