document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=828727>Question 828727</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The radius of a basketball is 4.1 times that of a baseball.  How many times larger is the surface area of the basketball.  Please explain.   </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "SA is a function of the square of the radius.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4.1^2 = 16.81 times as larger<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 15.81 times larger (NOT A TYPO)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\"times larger\" and times as large are not the same thing.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1 times larger does not mean the same size.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "PS  \"10 times smaller\" is gibberish, makes no sense.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1 times smaller (or closer, nearer) is zero (0). </SPAN>\n" );
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