College Physics (10th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780321902788
Author: Hugh D. Young, Philip W. Adams, Raymond Joseph Chastain
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 12, Problem 43P
A baseball park is filled with 5000 home-team fans. In the bottom of the ninth inning, the home team’s leading batter hits a game-winning home run and all 5000 fans stand and cheer. Assume that each individual fan produces a sound intensity of 10−5 W/m2, as heard from the pitching mound. (a) What is the total sound intensity heard at the pitching mound? (b) What is the total sound intensity level at the pitching mound?
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