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Question 23

A beam of ultrasound is incident normally at a boundary between two tissues, X X\,X and YYY. The physical properties of the tissues are shown in the table below:

Tissue XXXTissue YYY
Density of tissueρ\rhoρ1.4ρ1.4\rho1.4ρ
Speed of ultrasoundvvv1.5v1.5v1.5v

What percentage of the intensity of the ultrasound is reflected at the boundary?

1.3%

5.8%

12.6%

35.5%

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