I don’t think that formula is right.

If you want to double the area (A5 -> A4) you have to use 141% on a
photocopier.
That’s because you increase the length by 141% and the length by 141%
1.41 x 1.41 = 2

1.41 is the square root of 2

Going on that, if you want to increase the area by one third, the final area
will be 1.333333
so square root of 1.333333 = 1.54 so you set the photocopier to 154%

If you set the photocopier to 200% you double the length and double the width
which increase the area four times

Brenda

> On 1 Oct 2015, at 17:36, [email protected] wrote:
>
> Thank you Lynne
>
> That makes sense to me.  An answer many years ago used a formula which I
didn't understand.  I'm going to save your answer for future reference.
>
> Patricia
>
>
>
>
> The 50% has to be doubled (200%)  The 75% has to be at 133% (I think)
There
> should be a formula for it, but I don't know what it is.
>
> Clearly the 50% is
> half of what you want.  The 75% needs to be increased by 1/3 of 75% in order
for
> it to get to 100%  lrb
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