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Default how much noise will three 8dB(A) fans make?

Mark writes:
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10*log(3)= 4.8 dB applies for the fully random case


Right number, wrong or incomplete justification. 4.8 dB for the
uncorrelated, zero-mean, wide-sense stationary case.
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