The relationship between a number of decibels and the intensity of a sound (in watts per square meter) is
The number of decibels for a sound with an intensity of watts per square meter is .
A sound with ten times that intensity has decibels.
In general, a sound with ten times the intensity of a sound with decibels has decibels.
Hint: It may help to use the properties of logarithms to rewrite the equation given in this problem.

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