Geometry
Doubling the length of each side of a square will produce a square that is 4x bigger. This is because a square is a 2-dimensional object, and we are doubling the sides (2²). Similarly, if we double the radius of a sphere, it's volume scales by 8x, since it is in 3-dimensional space (2³)
Unit conversion of area
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