A sound absorber attenuates the sound level by $20\, dB$. The intensity decreases by a factor of

  • A

    $100$

  • B

    $1000$

  • C

    $10000$

  • D

    $10$

Similar Questions

 Two cars $A$ and $B$ are moving in the same direction with speeds $36\,km/hr$ and $54\,km/hr$ respectively. Car $B$ is ahead of $A$. If $A$ sounds horn of frequency $1000\,Hz$ and the speed of sound in air is $340\,m/s$, the frequency of sound received by the driver of car $B$ is .................. $\mathrm{Hz}$

A wave $y = a\,\sin \,\left( {\omega t - kx} \right)$ on a string meets with another wave producing a node at $x = 0$. Then the equation of the unknown wave is

A sound absorber attenuates (decreases) the sound level by $20\, dB$. The intensity decreases by a factor of

A railway engine whistling at a constant frequency moves with a constant speed. It goes past a stationary observer standing beside the  railway track. The frequency $(n)$ of the sound heard by the observer is plotted against time $(t).$ Which of the following best represents the resulting curve?

The ratio of the velocity of sound in hydrogen $(\gamma = 7/5)$ to that in helium $(\gamma = 5/3)$ at  the same temperature is