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A square has side (x + 4), and inside it is a square of side (x - 4). What is the difference between their areas?

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Correct answer: 16x

The correct answer is B: 16x. The larger square has area (x + 4)^2 and the inner square has area (x - 4)^2, so their difference is (x + 4)^2 - (x - 4)^2. Use the difference-of-squares identity A^2 - B^2 = (A - B)(A + B), taking A = x + 4 and B = x - 4. Then A - B = (x + 4) - (x - 4) = 8, and A + B = (x + 4) + (x - 4) = 2x. Therefore the difference is 8 × 2x = 16x. Option A uses only the first factor and misses the second. Option C is not the area difference; it is related only to part of an expansion. Option D is a constant and ignores the variable x. Memory cue: for two square areas, use difference of squares before expanding.

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Difference Of SquaresArea Of SquaresAlgebraic IdentitiesVisual ModelVisual Models Of IdentitiesExploring Algebraic IdentitiesMathematicsClass 9 Mcq

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