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Duckman Posted December 3, 2014 Report Share Posted December 3, 2014 Some people should not be allowed to math. dB is a log scale. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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WestRider Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 Some people should not be allowed to math. dB is a log scale. Ugh. I didn't notice the "bn" on the second part. :P 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Romans832 Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 Ugh. I didn't notice the "bn" on the second part. :P doesn't the 2bn mean 2 billion? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duckman Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 doesn't the 2bn mean 2 billion? Yeah, that was the point. The source of the quote took the 65-75, multiplied by 2bn (2x10^9) and got 130-150bn. When applied correctly to the decibel log scale it would be roughly 160-170dB (which really is 2x10^9 times louder than 65-75 dB unless I am misremembering sound amplitude, in which case it would be even less than that, another square root being involved). WestRider was being mortified that he missed the bn in the response. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestRider Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 Yeah, but that doesn't result in a billion-fold increase in decibel level. Decibels are on a log scale, so every time the volume gets 10 times louder, that just adds 10 decibels, it doesn't multiply the value by 10. A billion-fold increase would add 90 decibels, which would put it around 170 decibels for all the cats. Which is painfully loud, but nowhere near what was being described. EDIT: Oops, ninjaed :P "mortified" is perhaps a bit strong, but certainly embarrassed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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