The Howler Monkey Is the Loudest Land Animal And, Under

question 17

Multiple Choice

The howler monkey is the loudest land animal and, under some circumstances, can be heard up to a distance of 8.9 km. Assume the acoustic output of a howler to be uniform in all directions and that the threshold of hearing is 1.0 × 10^-12 W/m². A juvenile howler monkey has an acoustic output of 63 µW. What is the ratio of the acoustic intensity produced by the juvenile howler to the reference intensity I0, at a distance of 210 m?

• A) 110
• B) 230
• C) 76
• D) 170
• E) 300

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