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Define inverse square law of sound intensity.

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Sound intensity is inversely proportional to tha square of the distance from the source.
`I=("power of the source")/(4pir^(2))`
`rArr I prop(1)/(r^(2))`
This is known as inverse square law of sound intensity.
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