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Posted by chris giordano on Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at 4:32pm.

A grade-school teacher insists that the the overall sound level in his classroom not exceed 64 dB at his location. There are 25 students in his class. If each student talks at the same intensity level, and they all talk at once, what is the highest sound level at which each one can talk without exceeding the limit? in DB?

physics - Henry, Thursday, April 7, 2011 at 5:08pm
SL = 64db / 25 = 2.56db.

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