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I'll try to avoid as much math as I can, but we'll need just a little bit to understand what it "decibels" mean.

First, the 𝑛-th root of a number 𝑥 is a number 𝑦 such that 𝑦^𝑛 (𝑦 to the 𝑛-th power) is 𝑥. For instance, the square root of 100 is 10, as is the cube root (third root) of 1,000. Similarly, the fifth root of 32 is 2, because 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 = 32.