Which number is ten thousand times larger than 5.9 x 106 ? a) 5.9 x 107 b) 5.9 x 108 c) 5.9 x 109 d) 5.9 x 1010 e) 5.9 x 1011

Adecibel is a logarithmic unit that can be used to measure the intensity of a sound. the function y = 10logx gives the intensity of a sound in decibels, where x is the ratio of the intensity of the sound to a reference intensity. the reference intensity is generally set at the threshold of hearing. use the graphing utility to graph the decibel function. a whisper has a sound intensity of 30 decibels. use your graph to you complete the following statement. the sound intensity of a whisper is times the reference intensity.