If the intensity of a sound is increased by a factor of 100, how is the decibel level affected?


Increase of 20 dB

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A. momentum is conserved. B. angular momentum is conserved. C. energy is conserved. D. all of the above are conserved. E. only momentum and angular momentum are conserved.

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What happens to the frequency of the scattered X-rays beam as the scattering angle in the Compton effect decreases?

A) It stays the same. B) It decreases. C) It increases. D) Not enough information

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You leave a black, spherical bowling ball out in the hot sun and it warms to a scalding hot temperature of 80ÂșC. The ball has a radius of 0.25 m (25 cm). What is the total power being radiated outward from this hot ball at this temperature?

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In a Young's double-slit interference apparatus, by what factor is the distance between adjacent light and dark fringes changed when the wavelength of the source is doubled?

a. 1/2 c. 1 b. 1/4 d. 2

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