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If in a square model \(x^2+ax+36\) is a perfect square and \(a\) is positive, what is the value of \(a\)?

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Correct answer: 12

Answer: B, 12. A perfect-square trinomial has the form \((x+b)^2=x^2+2bx+b^2\). The constant term is 36, so \(b^2=36\), giving \(b=6\) or \(-6\). Because the coefficient \(a\) is positive, choose \(b=6\), so the expression is \((x+6)^2\). Expanding gives \(x^2+12x+36\), hence \(a=12\). A is only the square root of the constant term, not the middle coefficient. C and D do not satisfy the perfect-square pattern: the middle coefficient must be twice 6, not three times or six times 6. Memory cue: in \(x^2+ax+b^2\), the middle coefficient of a square is twice the side constant.

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