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A square pyramid has a volume of 20 cubic units. What would be the change to the volume if the dimensions of the square base were doubled?

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The volume would be four times the original

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The volume would be twice the original since the base area gets doubled. 13×(BaseArea)×Height Now, twice the Base Area would be : 13×(2)(BaseArea)×Height So, the entire thing gets doubled on the other side as well. Which means that 20 cubic units becomes 40 cubic units.
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