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THE SCIENCE AND APPLICATIONS OF ACOUSTICS - H. H. Arnold ...

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3.12 Decibel Additions, Subtracting, and Averaging 49Figure 3.11. Sound pressure levels and corresponding pressures of various sound sources.Figure 3.11 illustrates the range of the decibel scale in terms of measured valuesof common sound sources. The audible range of sound, which encompasses musicand speech, is shown delineated in Figure 3.12 in terms of sound pressure levelsand frequencies.3.12 Decibel Additions, Subtracting, and AveragingMost sound pressure levels do not arise from single sources, nor do they remainconstant in time. Mathematical procedures must be used to add, subtract, andaverage decibels. From the definition of Equation (3.22) it is apparent that decibelsfrom single-noise sources do not add or subtract directly. If we wish to add sound

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