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by vages 2170 days ago
Yes, it's not exponential. The sound level is inversely proportional to the square of the distance.
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gmantg 2170 days ago
This is 1/d^2. Exponential would be 1/2^d.
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anticensor 2170 days ago
It is actually between the two because sound is a material wave and air has friction.
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hwillis 2170 days ago
depends how far away you are.

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