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In a hurricane, the wind pressure varies directly as the square of the wind velocity. If wind pressure is a measure of a hurricane's destructive capacity, what happens to this destructive power when the wind speed doubles?

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This statement makes sense. With this, it can be concluded that when the wind speed doubles, the hurricane's destructive power becomes four times as powerful.

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