You are designing a restaurant located within a retail mall. The ambient noise level of the restaurant is 70 dB. The ambient noise level of the mall common space is 75 dB. What is the MINIMUM sound pressure level (SPL) that should be used when designing the paging system within the restaurant?

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The minimum SPL for the paging system should be 5 dB higher than the ambient noise level in the restaurant (70 dB). However, it should also be able to overcome the ambient noise level in the mall common space (75 dB). Therefore, the minimum SPL should be 80 dB.

You Are Designing a Restaurant Located Within a Retail Mall