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A student wrote (x−4)² as x²−16. What expression must be added to correct the result?

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Correct answer: −8x+32

The direct answer is option D: −8x+32. Expand the square of a difference carefully: (x−4)²=x²−2(x)(4)+4²=x²−8x+16. The student’s expression x²−16 is missing the middle term −8x and also has the wrong constant term: it has −16 instead of +16. To find the complete correction, subtract the student’s result from the correct result: (x²−8x+16)−(x²−16)=−8x+32. Therefore adding −8x+32 to x²−16 produces x²−8x+16. Option A has the wrong sign and does not include the constant correction. Option B is only half of the middle-term magnitude. Option C has no basis in the expansion. Option D includes both required changes. The common confusion is between (x−4)²=x²−8x+16 and x²−16, which is the different identity x²−4² only when the expression is a difference of squares, not a square of a difference.

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Common ErrorSquare Of DifferenceDifference Of SquaresVisual Models Of IdentitiesExploring Algebraic IdentitiesMathematicsClass 9 Mcq

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