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As a cell increases in size, which increases more rapidly, it's surface area or volume?
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As a cell increases in size, which increases more rapidly, it's surface area or volume?

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The cell's volume increases more rapidly.
Let's say you have a cube. When it's side have a length of one, the SA us 6 units while the volume is only one. By the time it's 10 by 10 by 10, the SA is 600 and the volume is 1,000.
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