QUERY: uvelichit' na...

[Maria Dmytriyeva]

> To the native Russian speakers:
> 
> If we are told that a value of 15 cm "увеличивается на 50 см," is the
> resulting value 50 or 65 cm?
65.
if you need to describe the process by which this value increases and reaches a certain specific number (50 cm in this case) you would say:
увеличивается _до_ 50 см. 
 
> In other words, do I translate this as "increase to/by 50 cm"?
by.

With best regards,
Maria

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