If the threshold of hearing is assumed to be the reference $(0\ dB)$ , then the threshold of pain is taken to be $120\ dB$ . Let the corresponding sound intensities be $I_0$ and $I$ respectively. Then $\frac{{{I_0}}}{I}$ is
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