Schaum's Outline of College Physics, Twelfth Edition (Schaum's Outlines)
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ISBN: 9781259587399
Author: Eugene Hecht
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 23, Problem 45SP
If the intensity level of sound is to be decreased from 130 dB to 110 dB and if the initial intensity is Ii, what will be the final intensity If? [Hint: Study the previous problem.]
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Ch. 23 - 22. Three seconds after a gun is fired, the person...Ch. 23 - 23. What is the speed of sound in air when the air...Ch. 23 - 24. A longitudinal wave with a frequency of 100 Hz...Ch. 23 - 25. If the speed of sound in air is found to be...Ch. 23 - 26. An autofocusing camera sends out a pulse of...Ch. 23 - 27. It’s often claimed that for every second of...Ch. 23 - 28. A shell fired at a target 800 m away was heard...Ch. 23 - 29. In an experiment to determine the speed of...Ch. 23 - 23.30 [II] A disk has 40 holes around its...Ch. 23 - 23.31 [I] The bulk modulus of seawater is 2.1 GPa....
Ch. 23 - 32. Use Eq. (23.2) to determine the approximate...Ch. 23 - 33. Compute the speed of sound in helium gas at...Ch. 23 - 23.34 [II] Determine the speed of sound in carbon...Ch. 23 - 23.35 [II] Compute the molecular mass M of a gas...Ch. 23 - 23.36 [II] At S.T.P., the speed of sound in air is...Ch. 23 - Prob. 37SPCh. 23 - 23.38 [II] A bar of dimensions and mass 2.00 kg...Ch. 23 - 39. Find the speed of compression waves in a metal...Ch. 23 - Prob. 40SPCh. 23 - 23.41 [I] The level of normal speech exchanged...Ch. 23 - 42. The threshold of human hearing is an intensity...Ch. 23 - 23.43 [II] A machine produces a sound level of 80...Ch. 23 - 44. Suppose the intensity of sound increases by a...Ch. 23 - 45. If the intensity level of sound is to be...Ch. 23 - 46. Suppose we add ±3.0 dB to the intensity level...Ch. 23 - 23.47 [I] If the intensity of sound changes, the...Ch. 23 - 23.48 [I] Redo Problem 23.45 using Eq. (23.9).
Ch. 23 - 49. A sound has an intensity of 5.0 × 10−7 W/m2....Ch. 23 - 50. A person riding a power mower may be subjected...Ch. 23 - 23.51 [II] A rock band might easily produce a...Ch. 23 - 23.52 [II] A whisper has an intensity level of...Ch. 23 - 23.53 [II] What sound intensity is 3.0 dB louder...Ch. 23 - 23.54 [II] Calculate the intensity of a sound wave...Ch. 23 - 23.55 [II] What is the amplitude of vibration in a...Ch. 23 - 23.56 [II] One sound has an intensity level of...Ch. 23 - 23.57 [II] An organ pipe is tuned to emit a...Ch. 23 - 23.58 [I] A locomotive moving at 30.0 m/s...Ch. 23 - 23.59 [II] Two cars are heading straight at each...Ch. 23 - 23.60 [II] To determine the speed of a harmonic...Ch. 23 - 23.62 [II] The two sources shown in Fig. 23-4 emit...
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