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What is the middle term in the visual expansion of a square with side (5x−1)?

Answer and explanation

Correct answer: −10x

The direct answer is B, −10x. The square has area (5x−1)². Apply (a−b)²=a²−2ab+b² with a=5x and b=1. The first square is (5x)²=25x². The two cross-products are −5x and −5x, so together they give −10x. The small square contributes 1²=1. Thus the complete expansion is 25x²−10x+1, and its middle term is −10x. Option A, 10x, would be the middle term of (5x+1)², where the sign is positive. Option C counts only one cross-product and forgets that the visual square contains two equal cross-regions. Option D, 25x, is incorrect in both coefficient and form; the first term is 25x², not 25x. The minus sign is essential because the binomial has subtraction. Memory cue: for (a−b)², the middle term is always −2ab.

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Middle TermBinomial SquareVisual ExpansionAlgebraic IdentityClass 9 MathematicsVisual Models Of IdentitiesExploring Algebraic IdentitiesMathematics

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