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A cereal box has surface area of 140 square inches. What is the surface area of similar solid that is larger by a scale factor of 1.5?

 Mar 4, 2015

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The area will increase as the square of the scale factor

So

140 x (1.5) ^2 =

140 x 2.25 =

315 in ^2

 

 Mar 4, 2015
 #1
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The area will increase as the square of the scale factor

So

140 x (1.5) ^2 =

140 x 2.25 =

315 in ^2

 

CPhill Mar 4, 2015

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