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90 dB + 90 dB is not 180 dB. Decibels are not on linear scale, they are on a logarithmic scale, which better approximates how humans perceive loudness. You can get around the math by adding 3 decibels for every doubling of values, so 90 dB + 90 dB = 93 dB.

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The sound pressure level of one person in conversational speech is 60dB.

The maximum sound pressure level achieved in an underground railway is 100dB.

If you have two people speaking, 60dB+60dB=63dB. So the achieved SpL is 63dB. It is not 120dB, which is significantly louder than an underground railway, in fact, it is about the SpL of a rock concert.

The maximum theoretical value of sound is 194dB (which probably cant be achieved since it requires a sound-wave to oscillate into negative pressures (in Pascals))

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Yes. But 45 dBm plus 50 dBm is 51.193 dBm, NOT 95 dBm. In order to explain that would take a book,
so let's leave it right there. I'm sure other contributors will jump in and add more explanation, and
may I say I'm sure that at that time it will be even more confusing.

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