document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=110831>Question 110831</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If I want a patio that has 9 times the are by what factor do I have to increase the side?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "  I think that the answer is 3.  I know that if I increase x by a factor of t, then f is increasedc by a factor of t^k.  It is doing is backwards that I have a problem with.  So my idea is that if f is 9 times its original size, then because we are dealing with area the k is 2.  which means that 9=x^2.  which would make my answer 3. Right? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "9L*w=9(L*w)=9A<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You have to increase it by a factor of 9.<BR>\n" );
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