Problems on sound intensity

S20 One violin playing produces a sound level of 60 dB at your ears.
a.) What is intensity of the sound energy at your ear?
b.) If a louder violin produces a sound level of 70 dB at your ears, what is the ratio of the intensity of the sound energy from the louder violin to the sound energy from the first violin?
S21 The amplitude of a sound wave is 5 x 10-5 N/m2.
a.) What is the intensity of the sound energy from this sound wave? b.) What is the sound level?

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