The Athletic Department at your school hosts a celebrity football game for which

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The Athletic Department at your school hosts a celebrity football game for which no tickets are sold but cash donations are welcome and expected. Since tickets are not collected, they are looking for a creative manner to get a good estimate of the number of fans attending the event. Before the day of the game, you stand in the middle of the field and record the sound intensity level of a friend midway up in the stands as 51.2 dB. Before the game starts, the announcer asks for a big round of applause and appreciation for participating celebrities and you record the sound intensity level as 83 dB. What is your estimate of the number of people attending the event?

Explanation / Answer

Only 2 persons are attending the event because the intensity of sound produced by human voice i.e. audible is nearly 60dB.The sound of his friend is approximately 51.2dB b4 the day of the game and after the applause the intensity came out to be 83dB.and for a loud clap it is 130dB.

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