The intensity of sound from a point source is 1.0 × 10-8 W m-2 at a distance of 50 m from the source. What will be the intensity at a distance of 25 m from the source?
Given:
The intensity =
, when the distance of the point source
= 5 m.
Let be the intensity of the point source at a distance
As we know,
So,
⇒
On substituting the respective values, we get: