Average acoustic energy rather than decibels. The mean energy-proportional quantity is $$(10\times10^8+30\times10^6)/40.$$ Its value is25,750,000. Taking ten times its base-ten logarithm gives74.11 dB(A). The arithmetic average of the decibel readings would not preserve acoustic energy.
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