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What is the area expression for a square whose side length is (n − 2)?

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Correct answer: n² − 4n + 4

The correct answer is B, n² − 4n + 4. A square’s area is the product of its side by itself, so the area is (n − 2)(n − 2), or (n − 2)². Apply the identity (a − b)² = a² − 2ab + b². Here a = n and b = 2, so (n − 2)² = n² − 2(n)(2) + 2² = n² − 4n + 4. Option A has the wrong sign in the middle term and corresponds to (n + 2)². Option B correctly includes the square of the first term, the negative cross-term, and the square of 2. Option C incorrectly uses −2n instead of −4n. Option D is n² − 4, which is a difference of squares, not the square of a difference. Memory cue: when a binomial with a minus sign is squared, the middle term is negative and must be doubled.

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Square Of BinomialVisual Area ModelAlgebraic IdentitiesVisual Models Of IdentitiesExploring Algebraic IdentitiesMathematicsClass 9 Mcq

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