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In the model of a square with side (x-2), how much rectangular area is subtracted from x^2 in total?

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Correct answer: 4x / two strips

The direct answer is option B: 4x. Begin with an x by x square, whose area is x^2. To reduce both side lengths from x to x−2, the model removes two rectangular strips: one has area x·2=2x along one side, and the other has area x·2=2x along the other side. Therefore the total rectangular strip area removed is 2x+2x=4x. The small 2 by 2 overlap has area 4, but it is not a rectangular strip counted in this question; it is added back when completing the identity. Option A counts only one strip. Option B counts both strips. Option C is only the overlap square. Option D is not the removed area; it combines unrelated terms. The identity is (x−2)^2=x^2−4x+4. Memory cue: subtracting 2 from both dimensions creates two 2x strips.

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Subtraction ModelRemoved StripsVisual IdentityVisual Models Of IdentitiesExploring Algebraic IdentitiesMathematicsClass 9 Mcq

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