SOLUTION: If you are at a rock concert and take a loudness reading at 100 feet from the sound source and get a reading if 110 dB, how do you determine what the loudness would be at a distanc

Question 1034007: If you are at a rock concert and take a loudness reading at 100 feet from the sound source and get a reading if 110 dB, how do you determine what the loudness would be at a distance of 50 ft from the source. And what distance do you need to move away from the source to get a reading under 90 dB?
Answer by rothauserc(4718) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
L1 and r1 are the reference loudness and reference distance, then
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L2 = L1 - | 20 * log (r1 / r2) |
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L1 = 110 and r1 = 100
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L2 = 110 - | 20 * log (100 / 50) | = 116.02
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at 50 feet the loudness reading is 116.02 dB
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r2 = r1 * 10^( |L1 - L2| / 20)
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r2 = 100 * 10^( |110 - 90| / 20) = 1000
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r2 is 1000 feet
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