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Inside a square, corner parts x² and 81 are shown. If the total area is x² − 18x + 81, what is the side of the model?

Answer and explanation

Correct answer: x−9

The direct answer is option C: x−9. The expression x² − 18x + 81 is a perfect square. Since 81 = 9² and the middle coefficient −18 equals −2·x·9, factor the expression as x² − 2·9x + 9² = (x−9)². In a square model, the expression for the total area is the square of its side, so the side is x−9. Option A, x+9, would produce x² + 18x + 81, with the wrong sign in the middle. Option B, x−18, would not square to the given expression; it uses the middle coefficient as a side number. Option D, x+18, gives both the wrong sign and the wrong constant term. The last term helps identify 9, while the middle term tells whether the sign is plus or minus. A useful check is to multiply (x−9)(x−9): the cross-products are −9x and −9x, which combine to −18x.

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Perfect-Square TrinomialNegative Middle TermVisual Square ModelVisual Models Of IdentitiesExploring Algebraic IdentitiesMathematicsClass 9 Mcq

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