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Pokh Posted 15 years ago
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An earthquake of a given magnitude typically devastates an area 100 times greater in the eastern United States than it does in the West.

I guess IT is parallel to AN EARTHQUAKE... So does it imply the same earthquake if it destroys 1 acre in East will destroy 100 acre in west...

Please clarify
  

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Hi, An earthquake of a given magnitude typically devastates an area 100 times greater in the eastern United States than it does in the West. I guess IT is parallel to AN EARTHQUAKE... So does it imply the same earthquake if it destroys 1 acre in East will destroy 100 acre in west...

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  • Hi, An earthquake of a given magnitude typically devastates an area 100 times greater in the eastern United States than it does in the West.
  • I guess IT is parallel to AN EARTHQUAKE...
  • So does it imply the same earthquake if it destroys 1 acre in East will destroy 100 acre in west...
  • No.
  • If it destroys one acre in the west, it will destroy 100 acres in the east.
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Hi,

An earthquake of a given magnitude typically devastates an area 100 times greater in the eastern United States than itdoes in the West.

I guess IT is parallel to AN EARTHQUAKE... So does it imply the same earthquake if it destroys 1 acre in East will destroy 100 acre in west...

No. If it d
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That's a very strange statistic -- why would that be true? May I ask where you found that sentence?
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