why are crowds louder than small groups/individuals even if each person produces the same amount of noise? In other words why would a group of people, each generating noise at Xdb sound louder than an individual generating noise at Xdb? How does cumulative sound work?

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why are crowds louder than small groups/individuals even if each person produces the same amount of noise? In other words why would a group of people, each generating noise at Xdb sound louder than an individual generating noise at Xdb? How does cumulative sound work?

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Sound is waves. Like waves, if two waves on the same direction at the same speed and at the same place cross, they become one big wave. Sound gets louder when more people near each other say the same thing

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