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A Certain Crying Baby Emits Sound with an Intensity of 8.0

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A certain crying baby emits sound with an intensity of 8.0 × 10-8 W/m2. What is the intensity level due to a set of five such crying babies, all crying with the same intensity? You can neglect any absorption, reflection, or interference of the sound. The lowest detectable intensity is 1.0 × 10-12 W/m2.


A) 79 dB
B) 69 dB
C) 56 dB
D) 49 dB
E) 36 dB

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