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22 December, 22:06

The Eddingtons have a 5 ft by 8 ft porch on the front of their house. They are building a similar porch on the back with doubled dimension. Find the area of the back porch.

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  1. 23 December, 00:22
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    So we can calculate the front porch area by multiplying the sides

    (5 ft) (8 ft) = 40 ft^2

    By doubling the dimensions it could mean one of two things

    1. (40 ft^2) * 2 = 80 ft^2 [doubling area]

    2. (5*2) (8*2) = 160 ft^2 [doubling dimensions of each side]
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