Decibles
Question asked by: bubalex1
Asked on: 24 Feb 2011
It's not a linear relationship - decibels are actually logarithmic so there is not simply a 6 fold factor between 20 and 120.
The formula to calculate the difference between decibel levels is given here - hard to type!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decibel
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Replied at: 25 Feb 2011
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