document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1110878>Question 1110878</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You have a circular garden with an area of 32 square feet.  If you increase the radius by a scale factor of 5, what is the area of the new garden?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I think it may be:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "32=r^2(pi)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so with scale factor of 5, it would be:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(5r)^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so 25*32 or 800 square feet </SPAN>\n" );
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