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For sound intensity (acoustic intensity) we use in the free field (direct field) the inverse square law = 1/r². I1 and r1 belong to the close distance and I2 and r2 belong to the far distance.I2 = I1 * (r1/r2)²I2 = I1 * (1/3)² = I1 / 9Three times farther away gives one ninth the sound intensity of the close sound intensity.
For example, assume you are shining a flashlight at the wall. If you move twice as far from the wall, the spot of light will be twice the diameter. If the diameter doubles, then the area of the spot is 4 times as big. Thus, the same light is lighting 4 times as much wall. Thus, the intensity is 1/4 of the original intensity. The intensity varies with the inverse of the square of the distance.
Light intensity is inversely proportional to the square of the distance: I = k/d2
As light gets farther from the source, the same amount of light spreads out over a larger area.
The intensity reduces in proportion to the square of your distance from the source.
For sound intensity (acoustic intensity) we use in the free field (direct field) the inverse square law = 1/r². I1 and r1 belong to the close distance and I2 and r2 belong to the far distance.I2 = I1 * (r1/r2)²I2 = I1 * (1/3)² = I1 / 9Three times farther away gives one ninth the sound intensity of the close sound intensity.
The intensity increases by a factor of 4-APEX
- 6 dB is incorrect. It will decrease by 12 dB.
For example, assume you are shining a flashlight at the wall. If you move twice as far from the wall, the spot of light will be twice the diameter. If the diameter doubles, then the area of the spot is 4 times as big. Thus, the same light is lighting 4 times as much wall. Thus, the intensity is 1/4 of the original intensity. The intensity varies with the inverse of the square of the distance.
Light intensity is inversely proportional to the square of the distance: I = k/d2
As light gets farther from the source, the same amount of light spreads out over a larger area.
The intensity reduces in proportion to the square of your distance from the source.
The intensity of a sound will decrease according to an inverse square law.
The source doesn't care how far you are from it, or whether you're even there, andthere's no relationship between that and the intensity of the radiation it gives off.However, the intensity of the radiation that you receivefrom it is inversely proportionalto the square of your distance from it ... same math as for gravity.
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The source doesn't care how far you are from it, or whether you're even there, andthere's no relationship between that and the intensity of the radiation it gives off.However, the intensity of the radiation that you receivefrom it is inversely proportionalto the square of your distance from it ... same math as for gravity.
the waves spread out over a larger areathe waves are absorbed by the medium as they pass through itthe waves are being scattered by irregularities in the medium and don't all proceed forwardetc.