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Walking between classes, you have probably heard the loud warning sirens that signal approaching
storms. These sounds issue from tall poles placed around Clemson University. The sirens produce a sound that has an
intensity level of 90 dB at a distance of two meters. If we treat the siren as a point source of sound, what would the
intensity level heard by a stationary observer at 20 meters from the siren be? If the frequency of the tone is 2200 Hz, what
frequency will an observer driving at 20 m/s towards the pole hear?
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