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If (18^2) is found using ((20-2)^2), what is the small square added at the end?

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Correct answer: 4

The direct answer is option B, 4. Write 18 as 20−2. The identity (p−q)^2 = p^2−2pq+q^2 shows that (20−2)^2 = 20^2−2(20)(2)+2^2. In the visual area model, begin with a square of side 20. Removing a strip of width 2 from one side and another strip of width 2 from the other side creates overlap at the corner. That small corner is a square with side 2, so its area is 2 × 2 = 4. It must be added back because the overlap was subtracted twice. Option A, 2, is only the side length of the small square, not its area. Option C, 40, is the product 20 × 2 associated with one rectangular part. Option D, 80, is twice that product and belongs to the middle term 2pq. Memory cue: in (p−q)^2, the final small-square area is q^2, not q.

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Minus-Square-IdentityNumerical-Area-ModelPerfect-SquareVisual AlgebraVisual Models Of IdentitiesExploring Algebraic IdentitiesMathematicsClass 9 Mcq

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