SOLUTION: if a rectangle has its dimensions multiplied by four, what happens to its perimiter?

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Question 484513: if a rectangle has its dimensions multiplied by four, what happens to its perimiter?
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Original dimensions, x and y;
Perimeter 2x+2y.

The described changed dimensions, 4x and 4y;
New perimeter, 2*4x+2*4y=4(2x+2y);
FOUR times as much as the original.