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The larger the surface area to volume ratio of a cell, the smaller its size (and vice versa).
As a cell becomes larger the surface area to volume ratio gets smaller. The volume increases by the square of the surface area. That is the main reason that one celled organisms are small.
To obtain the ratio of surface area to volume, divide the surface area by the volume.
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to obtain the ratio of surface area to volume, divide the surface area by the volume.