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If the length of a square is increased by 100%, how the area of the square is increased by 400%? (please explain the meyhod)
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\n" ); document.write( "It isn't, so there's no explanation.
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\n" ); document.write( "eg, a square with sides of length 1.
\n" ); document.write( "Area = 1*1 = 1 sq unit
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\n" ); document.write( "Increasing the sides 100% --> sides = 2
\n" ); document.write( "Area = 2*2 = 4 sq units.
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\n" ); document.write( "The increase is 4 - 1 = 3 sq units
\n" ); document.write( "Increase/original = 3/1 = 3
\n" ); document.write( "3 = 300% increase, not 400% increase.
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\n" ); document.write( "This display of ignorance surfaces freqently.
\n" ); document.write( "eg, 4 times more is not the same as 4 times as much.
\n" ); document.write( "4 times more is 5 times as much.
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\n" ); document.write( "I check the site apod.nasa.gov for the daily photos.
\n" ); document.write( "I wrote to the site administrators about saying that something moving \"4 times faster\" was the same as 4 times as much, but they didn't seem to get it.
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\n" ); document.write( "Don't even think about saying \"10 times smaller.\" 1 time smaller is zero.
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