The persistence of sound in a room after the source of sound is turned off is called reverberation. The measure of reverberation time is the time required for sound intensity to decrease by $60 \,dB$. It is given that the intensity of sound falls off as $I = I_0 \exp(-c_1 \alpha)$,where $I_0$ is the initial intensity,$c_1$ is a dimensionless constant with value $1/4$. Here,$\alpha$ is a positive constant which depends on the speed of sound $v_s$,volume of the room $V$,reverberation time $t$,and the effective absorbing area $A_e$. The value of $A_e$ is the product of the absorbing coefficient and the area of the room. For a concert hall of volume $V = 600 \,m^3$,the value of $A_e$ (in $m^2$) required to give a reverberation time of $t = 1 \,s$ is closest to (speed of sound in air $v_s = 340 \,m/s$):

• A
  $50$
• B
  $100$
• C
  $110$
• D
  $67$