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33 Post author: farsan 18 April 2012 06:00PM

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Comment author: thomblake 18 April 2012 09:03:32PM 1 point [-]

I meant the math is easier. The same reason you multiply the log by 10 when using decibels - that way, you can talk about 11 decibels instead of 1.1, which would confuse and frighten people.