Inverse square law

Inverse square law A law in which the effect of something (light intensity, gravity,electrical charge) Varies inversely as the square of its distance away. For example, the light intensity from a source 20 metres away will be only one-quarter that when the source is 10 metres away. The distance is doubled, therefore, the effect is reduced to a ¼ :

½² = ¼

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