When I combine PDFs I get different page sizes in the new PDF. Why?

I used the Combine PDF feature today and found that the final version of two originals, combined, had different page sizes when viewed in Adobe. How do I fix this issue? Does it have to do with DPI resolution on scan?

This will happen if the PDFs you are combining have different page sizes. You can check this by hovering the mouse in the bottom left of the screen, at least in Acrobat.

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