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A certain hallway in a crowded nightclub has a unique sound property. Every 2 feet closer to the stage you walk, the sound intensity (dB) doubles. If the threshold for pain is 127 dB, and the starting sound level is 2 dB, about how many feet down the hallway can you go until you start to feel pain

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  1. The number of feet down the hallway where you go until you start to feel pain is 14 feet.

    What is geometric progression GP?

    A sort of sequence known as geometric progression (GP) is one in which each following phrase is created by multiplying every preceding term by such a fixed number, or “common ratio.”
    The general form of GP is
    a, ar, ar², ar³ … arⁿ⁻¹
    where, a is the initial term.
    r is the common ratio.
    According to the question,
    The initial term is; a = 2.
    The common ratio r = 2.
    The threshold value beyond which  person start feeling pain is 127.
    Thus, last term; arⁿ⁻¹ = 128 (1 feet beyond 127 person start feeling pain)
    Last second value is arⁿ⁻².
    As, the common ratio is same in GP.
    Thus,  arⁿ⁻¹ / arⁿ⁻² = ar/a
    ==> 128/arⁿ⁻² = r
    ==> 128/arⁿ⁻² = 2
    ==> 2×2ⁿ⁻² = 64
    ==> 2ⁿ⁻² = 32
    ==> n = 7
    As, i step is of 2 feet, the total steps taken by the person is 2×7 = 14.
    Therefore, the total number of steps beyond which person will feel pain is 14.
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