Question

If the radius of a circle is doubled, how does the area of the circle change?

Answer 1

Answer:

Quadruple the size

Step-by-step explanation:

Explanation:

When you enlarge a linear measurement by a scale factor a the area changes by a scale factor a2

So when you double the radius. scale factor 2, the area is increased by a scale factor:

22=4

So the area is quadrupled in this case.