How much of an increase was the louisiana territory to the united states?

a it more than doubled the size.
b it was half the size of the original states.
c it added 5 new states to the nation.
d it increased the united states all the way to the pacific ocean.

In late April 1803, with the stroke of a pen and the exchange of just $15 million, the United States nearly doubled in size. With the Louisiana Purchase, the U.S. acquired nearly 827,000 square miles of French-held land for just four cents an acre. So it was more than double the size

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