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Chapter 11, Problem 48(choose chapter or problem)
QUESTION:
Two earthquake waves of the same frequency travel through the same portion of the Earth, but one is carrying twice the energy. What is the ratio of the amplitudes of the two waves?
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QUESTION:
Two earthquake waves of the same frequency travel through the same portion of the Earth, but one is carrying twice the energy. What is the ratio of the amplitudes of the two waves?
ANSWER:Step 1 of 2
Frequencies of two earthquake waves are the same and they pass through the same portion of earth.
Let the energy carried by one earthquake wave be
Energy carried by the second earthquake wave is