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Which sound would be louder?

A. a wave with an amplitude of 1.0
B. a wave with an amplitude of 0.1
C. a wave with an amplitude of 0
D. a wave with an amplitude of 0.5

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A should be the answer
User Rodrigo Salvo
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Answer:

A. a wave with an amplitude of 1.0

Step-by-step explanation:

The intensity (and therefore the loudness) of a sound wave is proportional to the amplitude of the wave itself: the larger the amplitude, the louder the sound, and the smaller the amplitude, the weaker the sound.

In this problem, we are given 4 different waves with different amplitudes. Among the choices, we see that wave A has the largest amplitude (1.0), therefore this will be the wave with greatest intensity, so the loudest sound wave among the choices.

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