Sound intensity varies inversely as the square of the distance from the sound source. If you are in a movie theater and you change your seat to one that is twice as far from the speakers, how does the new sound intensity compare to that of your original seat?

Sound intensity varies inversely as the square of the distance from the sound source. If you are in a movie theater and you change your seat to one that is twice as far from the speakers, how does the new sound intensity compare to that of your original seat?

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Sound intensity varies inversely as the square of the distance
from the sound source. If you are in a movie theater and you
change your seat to one that is twice as far from the speakers,
how does the new sound intensity compare to that of your
original seat?

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