If the distance to the patient is tripled, by how much does the dose reduce?

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If the distance to the patient is tripled, by how much does the dose reduce?

The distance-dose relationship follows the inverse square law: dose is proportional to 1/d^2. If you triple the distance, the dose becomes 1/(3^2) = 1/9 of its original value. So the dose is reduced by a factor of nine, i.e., it becomes nine times smaller. The other numbers would come from different relationships (for example, doubling distance would give a fourfold reduction; a cubic relationship would give a 27-fold change), which aren’t applicable here.

The distance-dose relationship follows the inverse square law: dose is proportional to 1/d^2. If you triple the distance, the dose becomes 1/(3^2) = 1/9 of its original value. So the dose is reduced by a factor of nine, i.e., it becomes nine times smaller. The other numbers would come from different relationships (for example, doubling distance would give a fourfold reduction; a cubic relationship would give a 27-fold change), which aren’t applicable here.

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