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Robotbeat
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Scientists say you can cancel the noise but keep y...
Not exactly exponentially.
vages
on July 11, 2020
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Yes, it's not exponential. The sound level is inversely proportional to the square of the distance.
gmantg
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This is 1/d^2. Exponential would be 1/2^d.
anticensor
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It is actually between the two because sound is a material wave and air has friction.
hwillis
on July 11, 2020
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depends how far away you are.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Ex...
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