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Just Curious
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Just Curious asked in Education & ReferenceHomework Help · 1 decade ago

Area of a Rectangle: Geometry?

Why, if you take a rectangle and multiply the length of each side by 1.5, the area of the new rectangle isnt 1.5 times as big as the area of the old rectangle?

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  • Damon Lyon
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Because there is 1.5 more to each side.

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