SOLUTION: A cube has edge length 12cm. If the edge length of the cube is doubled, what happens to the surface area?

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Question 601428: A cube has edge length 12cm. If the edge length of the cube is doubled, what happens to the surface area?
Answer by richard1234(7193) About Me  (Show Source):
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Surface area is two-dimensional

Therefore the surface area becomes four times as large (since 2^2 = 4).