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A group of students camping during the summer are caught in an afternoon thunderstorm. A student,...

A group of students camping during the summer are caught in an afternoon thunderstorm. A student, by a stroke of good luck, brought along a sound level meter. A thunder clap registers an intensity level of 100 dB. The sound arrived 4 s after the lightning flash was seen. Assuming that the source of the thunder clap produces spherical waves, Calculate the (acoustic) power produced.

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The intensity of sound from the source is given as follows is CA β= 10log10 Here, I is the intensity of sound and /, is the threshol d intensit 100dB-10108p 1 10x10-12 w/m 10dB log1o 1.0x10- W/m2 10 -(10) 1.0x10- W/m2 1-102 W/m2 Radius(di stance from source of sound to the observati on point) of the source is = (343m/s)(4.0s) -1372m Acoustic power produced from the source is, -(102 Wm2) 4T(1372m) -2.36 x105 w 2.4x 105 wDone

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