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Question 215951: If I doubled the area of a square, the length of each side could .... ?
Answer by rapaljer(4671) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Area of original square = A
Double the area, new area = 2A
Original side of square = s, so A = s^2.
Side of NEW square x^2 = 2A,
x^2 = 2s^2
or Reject the negative answer.
The side is multiplied by a factor of .
R^2
Seminole State College of Florida
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