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If a sound increases 5 dB, the sound becomes _______ times louder.

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The sound gets 25 times louder than it was befdore

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User Tobias Xy
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Δβ=β2-β1=5
Δβ=10log(I2/I1)=5
I2/I1=10^(0.5)=3
the sound becomes 3 times louder.

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