SOLUTION: The Hieght of of a picture frame is 2ft ,and its length is 5ft. If the dimensions of the picture frame are doubled ,what is the ratio of areas of the new and old picture frames?

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Question 1013127: The Hieght of of a picture frame is 2ft ,and its length is 5ft. If the dimensions of the picture frame are doubled ,what is the ratio of areas of the new and old picture frames?
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Rectangular dimensions x and y.
Area xy.

Double the dimensions, to 2x and 2y.
Area, (2x)(2y)=4xy.

Ratio of the doubled dimension area to the original dimension area?