What about 1/(distance)² ?
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Replying to @L_G_R_R
that's only true for spherical sources! think about a sound wave .. the reason you place your hands around your mouth is to essentially to change this so that the intensity drops off more slowly
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Replying to @InertialObservr @L_G_R_R
Laser intensity drops off as 1/r² if you are far away from the focus of the beam. Gaussian beams follow a hyperbola, so far from the focus, the beam profile has a width w(r) that grows linearly with r, so the average intensity goes as 1/r².pic.twitter.com/zK51vO9Vox
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Replying to @bencbartlett @L_G_R_R
suppose i should have said only true *in general* for spherical sources
7:37 PM - 14 Nov 2019
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