Calculate the sound power

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The area of a typical eardrum is about 5.0 × 10?5 m2.

(a) Calculate the sound power (the energy per second) incident on an eardrum at the threshold of hearing.

(Answer in W)

(b) Calculate the sound power incident on an eardrum at the threshold of pain.

(Answer in W)

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