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One 18 inch pizza has more 'pizza' than two 12 inch pizzas
- schoen 8y agoAnother way to think about it: It's because 1.5 > √2. To exactly double the area of a figure, scale any linear dimension up by √2. If you scale by more than that, you'll more than double the area.
- simonblack 8y agoFor area, the change in size is the square of the old:new ratio. Two dimensions, so X * X For volume, the change in size is the cube of the old:new ratio. Three dimensions, so X * X * X