clc; Ap1=100; //power gain at stage 1 Ap2=4; //power gain at stage 2 Ap3=2; //power gain at stage3 ApT=Ap1*Ap2*Ap3; //total power gain of a multistage amplifier ApTdB=10*log10(ApT); //total power in dB Ap1dB=10*log10(Ap1); //power gain at stage 1 in dB Ap2dB=10*log10(Ap2); //power gain at stage 2 in dB Ap3dB=10*log10(Ap3); //power gain at stage 3 in dB ApT1dB=Ap1dB+Ap2dB+Ap3dB; ////total power in dB disp('dB',ApT1dB,"ApT1dB=")//The answers vary due to round off error disp('dB',ApTdB,"ApTdB=")//The answers vary due to round off error if ApT1dB==ApTdB then disp('Proved total power gain ApT is equal to Ap1(dB)+Ap2(dB)+Ap3(dB).We have shown that you can determine total multistage gain by adding the individual dB power gain values') end