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From: Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com>
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Subject: Re: A Complex Metaphysical Conundrum
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2024 13:59:24 +0100
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On Thu, 11 Apr 2024 06:38:30 -0000 (UTC), Jasen Betts
<usenet@revmaps.no-ip.org> wrote:

>On 2024-04-10, Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com> wrote:
>> Gentlemen,
>>
>> This is an exam question that trips up even some of the best students.
>> See what you make of it!
>>
>> Q: Is this statement correct: 'The signal level at the modem input
>> increased by 2dBmV going from +3dBmV to +5dBmV.'
>>
>> Your pal, CD.
>
>db is a logarythmic ratio. an increase from +3dBmV to +5dBmV is an increase by 2dB
>(not 2dBmV)
>
>Adding 2dBmV to +3dBmV will not get you +5dBmV because it's a
>logarythmic scale.

The question does require a "correct/incorrect" answer. It's a binary
choice. Your answer is....?