The light-gathering power of a telescope is directly related to the area of the telescope's primary mirror.  A mirror with four times the diameter of another mirror collects how many times more light as the smaller mirror does in the same amount of time?

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The light-gathering power of a telescope is directly related to the area of the telescope's primary mirror.  A mirror with four times the diameter of another mirror collects how many times more light as the smaller mirror does in the same amount of time?

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