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If the square model of (x+a)^2 has a small square of area 49 and the total area of two rectangles is 14x, what is a?

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Correct answer: 7

The correct answer is 7. In the area model for (x+a)^2, the small corner square has side a, so its area is a^2. The given area gives a^2=49. Since the side length is normally taken as positive in this model, a=7. We can confirm this using the two rectangular strips: their combined area is ax+ax=2ax. The question gives 14x, so 2ax=14x. For a nonzero x, divide by 2x to get a=7. Thus both pieces of information agree. Option A is wrong because 14 is the coefficient of 2a, not a. Option B confuses the area 49 with the side length. Option C does not satisfy either a^2=49 or 2a=14. Option D gives the required side and coefficient. Memory cue: in (x+a)^2, the corner square is a^2 and the two strips together are 2ax.

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Unknown-ConstantArea-ModelPerfect-SquareVisual Models Of IdentitiesExploring Algebraic IdentitiesMathematicsClass 9 Mcq

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