SOLUTION: The area and perimeter of a square A and B . If the side are doubled the area become A' and peremeter be B' find A':A AND B':B

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Question 1036059: The area and perimeter of a square A and B . If the side are doubled the area become A' and peremeter be B' find A':A AND B':B
Answer by fractalier(6550) About Me  (Show Source):
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The area increases as the SQUARE of the increase in the sides. Thus if the sides are doubled, the area is FOUR times as great...A':A = 4...
But the perimeter only increases as the sides do, so if the sides are doubled, then the perimeter is also...B':B = 2...