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Two strips of width 2 and a 2 by 2 corner are added to a p by p square. What is the new area?

Answer and explanation

Correct answer: p²+4p+4

The direct answer is option A: p²+4p+4. The original p by p square has area p². Each added strip has width 2 and length p, so each contributes 2p. The two strips together contribute 2p+2p=4p. Where the strips meet, there is a corner square of side 2, whose area is 2×2=4. Thus the complete area is p²+2p+2p+4=p²+4p+4. This can also be checked by observing that the new outer side is p+2, so the area is (p+2)²=p²+4p+4. Option B includes only one strip, so it misses 2p. Option C includes the two strips but gives the corner area as 2 rather than 4. Option D uses subtraction signs, although every part is being added. The memory cue is: for a square enlarged by k, use (p+k)²=p²+2pk+k².

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Area ModelAdded StripsBinomial SquareVisual Models Of IdentitiesExploring Algebraic IdentitiesMathematicsClass 9 Mcq

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