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If a square model shows x^2 + 20x + 100, what is the area of each of the two equal rectangles?

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Correct answer: 10x

The correct answer is B: 10x. In a square model for (x + 10)^2, the four parts are an x^2 square, two equal rectangles, and a 100 square. Indeed, x^2 + 20x + 100 = x^2 + 2(x)(10) + 10^2. The total middle term 20x is made from two equal rectangles, so each rectangle has area 20x ÷ 2 = 10x. Option A is the combined area of both rectangles, not the area of each one. Option B is correct because 10x + 10x = 20x. Option C uses the corner area 100 as if it were a rectangle area; its side length is 10, not 100. Option D is too small and would produce only 10x in total. The key distinction is between the total middle term and one of its two equal parts. Memory cue: in (a+b)^2, each middle rectangle has area ab, while both together make 2ab.

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Equal RectanglesMiddle TermPerfect SquareArea ModelVisual Models Of IdentitiesExploring Algebraic IdentitiesMathematicsClass 9 Mcq

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