Why is a 100 person choir singing the same song not 100 times louder than one person?

Question

I suspect it’s something to do with sounds waves so have flaired as physics, but not sure?

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Answer 1

everyone saying sound perception is logarithmic right but I’d also point out, in a 100 person choir not everyone is singing their loudest or even *singing* all of the time. You can get away with singing softer to get a clearer note or taking a breath in the middle of a long one if you have twenty other altos a lot more than if there’s no one else singing with you