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If the total area of a square model is x² + 14x + 49, what is the side of the small corner?

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Correct answer: 7

The direct answer is option C: 7. A square area model for (x + k)² has three parts: x², two rectangles each measuring kx, and a small corner square of area k². Compare x² + 14x + 49 with x² + 2kx + k². Since k² = 49, k = 7, and 2kx = 2 × 7 × x = 14x, the expression is (x + 7)². Therefore, the small corner square has side 7. Option A, 14, is the coefficient of the middle term, not a side. Option B, 49, is the corner square’s area, not its side. Option C is correct because 7² = 49. Option D, 21, gives neither the required constant area nor the required middle term. Memory cue: in a perfect square, the small-corner side is the square root of the constant term; always distinguish area from side length.

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