4 ms·

Yes, it's not exponential. The sound level is inversely proportional to the square of the distance.

• gmantg 6y ago
  This is 1/d^2. Exponential would be 1/2^d.
  • anticensor 6y ago
    It is actually between the two because sound is a material wave and air has friction.
    • hwillis 6y ago
      depends how far away you are. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Exponential.svg/1200px-Exponential.svg.png https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Ex...