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A brand of earplugs reduces the sound intensity level by 27 dB.By what factor do these earplugs reduce the acoustic intensity?

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Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

27dB = 2.7 B

So I / I₀ = 10⁻²°⁷ , I₀ is intensity of main sound and I is intensity after reduction.

= 1.99 X 10⁻³

So intensity will reduce by 1.99 X 10⁻³ .

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