> whose area goes does as the square of the distance from the base I tried to edit this earlier but apparently it didn't work, and now it's too late. That sho

> whose area goes does as the square of the distance from the base I tried to edit this earlier but apparently it didn't work, and now it's too late. That should read: "whose area goes up as the square of the distance from the tip" but I guess most people were able to figure out what I meant. It's not a particularly difficult concept.