SOLUTION: If you double the base of a rectangle, you do what to the area?

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Question 688195: If you double the base of a rectangle, you do what to the area?
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If you double the base of a rectangle, you do what to the area?
area of rectangle = base*height = bh
when you double the base:
area of rectangle = (2b)h = 2(bh)
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Answer: you double the area