document.write( "Question 1183767: the intensity at which an object is illuminated varies inversely as the square of its distance from the light source. At 1.5 ft from a light bulb, the intensity of the light is 60 units. What is the intensity at 1 ft?
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\n" ); document.write( "The ratio of the new to the old distance is 1/1.5 = 2/3, so the intensity is changed by a factor of \"%281%2F%282%2F3%29%29%5E2+=+%283%2F2%29%5E2+=+9%2F4\"

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