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Many Physical Quantities Are Connected by Inverse Square Laws, That f(x)=kx2f(x)=k x^{-2}

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Many physical quantities are connected by inverse square laws, that is, by power functions of the form f(x) =kx2f(x) =k x^{-2} . In particular, the illumination of an object by a light source is inversely proportional to the square of the distance from the source. Suppose that after dark you are in a room with just one lamp and you are trying to read a book. The light is too dim and so you move 13 th \frac{1}{3} \text { th } the distance to the lamp. How much brighter is the light?


A) 49\frac{4}{9} times
B) 92\frac{9}{2} times
C) 9 times.
D) 32\frac{3}{2} times
E) 9 times

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