document.write( "Question 674517: A rectangular piece of paper is folded six times in succession.The final folded piece of paper has area 20 in^2.Find the area of unfolded piece of paper .please explain. \n" ); document.write( "

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Each time the paper is folded, the
\n" ); document.write( "area that you see is 1/2 of what it was
\n" ); document.write( "So, the area you end up with is
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+a+=+A%2A%281%2F2%29%5E6+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "where $\"+A+\"$ is the area you started with
\n" ); document.write( "and $\"+a+\"$ is the final area
\n" ); document.write( "given: $\"+a+=+20+\"$ in2
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+20+=+A%2A%28+1%2F128+%29+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+A+=+2560+\"$ in2\r
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