document.write( "Question 1197300: Suppose the area of the swimming pool is doubled, would its length and width also doubled? Justify your answer. The length is 35 and the width is 16 \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Clearly, no. \r
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document.write( "If A = L*W then if you double L and double W, you get: 
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document.write( " (2L)*(2W) = 4(L*W) = 4*A (i.e. four times the original area).\r
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document.write( "If the new swimming pool shape is similar to the old one, then L and W can be scaled by  to achieve a doubling of the area:
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