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Cardinals, Blue Jays, and Owls! Oh my! After all Philip's talk about birds, Knowl wants in on the action. He and Philip are planning on building a large bird feeder to entice the winged species. The plans they have for for a 2 ft by 4 ft feeder, but Knowl wants a feeder that has twice as much area. He suggests doubling the length of each side.
Will this double the area? If not, suggest another method for doubling the area of the feeder.
What is No. If you double both sides (4 and 8), the area is 32 sq. ft, which is 4 times the area. If you double one side only, (4 and 4, or 2 and 8), the area of the feeder is 16 sq. ft. Then the area is doubled.