The document discusses how the amplitude of sound waves decreases with distance from the source according to the inverse square law. It shows that if the distance from a speaker doubles, the amplitude observed will be halved. This is because the intensity of sound waves decreases with the inverse square of the distance, and intensity is related to amplitude by the equation relating intensity to pressure, density, and angular frequency. So a doubling of distance results in the amplitude decreasing by a factor of 1/sqrt(2).