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document.write( "Each side is 80% = 0.8x what it was.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Area = 0.8L*0.8W = 0.64*Area<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1 - 0.64 = 0.36<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 36% decrease<BR>\n" );
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