SOLUTION: The length and width of a rectangle are both doubled.What is the ratio of the area of the larger rectangle to the area of the smaller rectangle?

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Question 486134: The length and width of a rectangle are both doubled.What is the ratio of the area of the larger rectangle to the area of the smaller rectangle?
Answer by chessace(471)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A1 = L * W
A2 = (2L) * (2W) = 4 * (L * W)
So A2 / A1 is 4

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