The loudness level of a whisper is around 15 decibels. Explain.

Open in App

Solution

The decibel is the unit used to measure the intensity of a sound. On the decibel scale, the smallest audible sound (near total silence) is 0 dB. A sound 10 times more powerful is 10 dB. The loudness level of a whisper is around 15 dB.

Suggest Corrections

Similar questions

What is the loudness of a normal conversation in decibels?

Q. A range of loudness of sound of 70-90 decibels are rated as

Decibel (dB) is a unit of loudness of sound. It is defined in a manner such that when the amplitude of the sound is multiplied by a factor of $\sqrt{10}$ , the decibel level increases by 10 units. Loud music of 70dB is being played at a function. To reduce the loudness to a level of 30dB, the amplitude of the instrument playing music has to be reduced by a factor of:

One decibel change in loudness is equal to

Q. The ratio of intensities between two coherent sound sources is

9 : 1

. The difference of loudness in decibels

(dB)

between maximum and minimum intensities when they interfere in space is

Join BYJU'S Learning Program