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What happens to the energy of a wave if the amplitude is doubled?

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It essentially quadruples the energy.

Explanation if you’d like:
The energy transported by a wave is directly proportional to the square of the amplitude so. whatever change occurs in the amp, the square that affect infects energy. This means the doubling of the amplitude results in a quadrupling of the energy
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