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Question 1012103: What is the area of a rectangle whose sides are twice as long as the sides of a smaller rectangle whose area is 17cm^2. Answer by ValorousDawn(53) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The area of rectangle is given by the formula . If both sides, base and height, are longer, then the equation is now which equates to . This tells us we have four times the area of the original rectangle. Thus,
Therefore, your answer is 68
