Question

You are standing in the middle of a large room listening to a cacaphony of sounds. Rank the intensity level of the sounds from each source (1=loudest, 2= next loudest, ...) Consider all objects to be right next to you. (Remember that if you have a tie, you skip some ranks.) If two values are within 0.1 dB from each other, consider them to be the same.

Two buzzers each producing a sound with intensity level of 48dB.
An object emitting a sound with an intensity of 50dB.
Four buzzers each producing a sound with intensity level of 41dB.
Ten buzzers each producing a sound with intensity level of 38dB.

Answer 1