SOLUTION: Jill is painting a cut-out of Santa for a Christmas display. She decided to first paint the entire cut-out with white paint. She had to use all of a 6 ounce jar of white paint t
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Question 292420: Jill is painting a cut-out of Santa for a Christmas display. She decided to first paint the entire cut-out with white paint. She had to use all of a 6 ounce jar of white paint to do this. Her boss told her that she should make a new Santa that is twice as large as the first one. How much white paint will she need?
I think the answer here is obvious. She would need double the paint to finish a Santa that is twice the size as the original. The problem I am having is setting up an algebraic equation for this problem. Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Actually she would need 4 times the paint.
let's say Santa was 2 in by 6 in that would be an area of 12 sq in.
If we double the dimensions, we would have 4 by 12 which is 48 sq in
If we only double the height he would be stretched.
a=x*y
n=2x*2y=4*xy
4*xy=4*a
