The intensity of an earthquake wave passing through the Earth is measured to be 2.5×106 J/m2⋅s...

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The intensity of an earthquake wave passing through the Earth ismeasured to be 2.5×106 J/m2⋅s at a distance of 49 km from thesource.

a) What was its intensity when it passed a point only 2.0 kmfrom the source?

b) At what rate did energy pass through an area of 2.0 m2 at 2.0km?

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