SOLUTION: if the sides of a square are quadrupled, how many times bigger will the new area be?

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Question 446686: if the sides of a square are quadrupled, how many times bigger will the new area be?
Answer by richard1234(7193) About Me  (Show Source):
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If s is the original side length, then



If the lengths are quadrupled, each side has length 4s, and



Hence, the second square has an area 16 times larger than the original square.