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The difference of the areas of squares with sides (x+2) and (x−2) is shown visually by four strips. What is the total difference?

Answer and explanation

Correct answer: 8x

Direct answer: Option B, 8x. The required difference is (x+2)²−(x−2)². Expand carefully: (x+2)²=x²+4x+4 and (x−2)²=x²−4x+4. Subtracting gives x²+4x+4−x²+4x−4=8x. Thus the four visual strips together have area 8x. Option A, 4x, is only one of the two opposing linear contributions after the comparison, not the full difference. Option B is correct. Option C, x²−4, equals (x+2)(x−2), a product of the two side expressions, not the difference of the square areas. Option D, 16, is the constant obtained from 4·4 in the shortcut but omits x. The shortcut (a+b)²−(a−b)²=4ab gives 4·x·2=8x immediately.

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Difference Of SquaresArea ComparisonVisual StripsVisual Models Of IdentitiesExploring Algebraic IdentitiesMathematicsClass 9 Mcq

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