alleryStart learning →Doubling the distance from a point source changes intensity to
Aone quarter
Bone half
Cdouble
Dfour times
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. one quarter
Intensity falls as the inverse square of distance, so twice the distance gives one quarter.
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