document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=829020>Question 829020</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me solve this.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Suppose that the width of a square is three times the width of a second square. How do the areas of the squares compare? Why? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #499628 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Fombitz><B>Fombitz(32388)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Fombitz><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Fombitz><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=499628\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The area of a square is the square of its width.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now if you change the width to 3 times the original<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What happens to the area of the new square?<BR>\n" );
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