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BIO Human Hearing. A fan at a rock concert is 30 m from the stage, and at this point the sound intensity level is 110 dB (a) How much energy is transferred to her eardrums each second? (b) How fast would a 2.0-mg mosquito have to fly (in mm/s) to have this much kinetic energy? Compare the mosquito’s speed with that found for the whisper in part (a) of Exercise 16.13.

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a) The speed of the mosquito in order to achieve kinetic energy of 5.5 PJ is 2.3 m/s.

b) The speed of the mosquito corresponding to a whisper of 110 dB is much greater than the speed of the mosquito corresponding to a whisper of 20 dB.

Step by step solution

01

 Concept of the kinetic energy of the mosquito

The kinetic energy of the mosquito is,E=12mv2were,E is the kinetic energy. m is the mass of the mosquito. v is the speed of the mosquito.

02

Calculate the kinetic energy of the mosquito

The fan at a rock concert 30.0″¾ above the stage is producing 110 dµþ sound at that point, the radius of the eardrum is4.2×10−3m, the kinetic energy of the mosquito is5.5​â¶Ä‰W, the mass of the mosquito is2″¾g , and the speed of the mosquito corresponding to whisper of 20 dµþ is 0.074″¾/s.

Substitute5.5​â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‰Î¼´³for E and 2″¾g for m in the equationE=12mv2to find v.

(5.5 μ´³)I J106 μ´³=12(2 mg)1 kg106 mg×v2v2=5.5 (m/s)2v=2.3 m/s

Therefore, the speed of the mosquito in order to achieve kinetic energy of 5.5 μ´³ is 2.3 m/s.

03

Speed of the mosquito

The relevant speed of the mosquito is 2.3 m/s, according to the section 1 answer. It is assumed that the mosquito moves at a speed of 0.074″¾/s. As a result, the mosquito's speed corresponds to a whisper of 110 d±ð³¦¾±²ú±ð±ô²õ, which is far faster than the mosquito's speed corresponds to a whisper of 20 d±ð³¦¾±²ú±ð±ô²õ.As a result, the mosquito's speed equal to a whisper of 110 dB is substantially higher than the mosquito's speed, which corresponds to a20 d±ð³¦¾±²ú±ð±ô²õ whisper.

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