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A decibel is a measure on the logarithmic scale so a change from d1 dB to d2 dB is a measure of the power ratio of 10(d2 - d1)/10 . Thus, an increase of 1 dB is equivalent to the power ratio increasing by a multiple of 100.1, that is to a multiple of 1.259

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