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Wow, you have no idea of how decibel works do you?
The decibel scale is not linear, it is logarithmic.
The power of a sound at 60dB is about 5 times that of a sound at 55dB.
A difference of 5dB is a factor of 3.1x. (i.e., Square root of 10.)
Ah, that is what I missed!
Apparently you have no idea either. 60dB is almost double from 55dB, not 5x. If you account for ear perception it's close to 1.5x.
5 times? Stop speaking out of your arse.
Look up what logarithmic means next time
I know exactly what logarithmic means. Saying it's a 5x increase is factually incorrect.
Technically correct because we haven't solved for x yet.