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If x² + 16x + 64 represents the area of a square model, what is the length of its outer side?

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Correct answer: x + 8

Direct answer: Option B, x + 8, is correct. In a square area model, the complete expression must be the square of the side length. Compare the expression with the identity (p + q)² = p² + 2pq + q². Here p = x and q = 8, because x² is the first square and 64 = 8² is the corner square. The middle term is 2 × x × 8 = 16x, exactly as given. Therefore x² + 16x + 64 = (x + 8)², so the outer side is x + 8. Option A incorrectly treats the middle coefficient 16 as a side. Option C would produce (x − 8)² = x² − 16x + 64, with the wrong sign. Option D uses 64, which is an area, not a side length. Memory cue: the middle coefficient is twice the constant part of the side, not that part itself; always expand the proposed side to check.

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Perfect SquareOuter SideVisual ModelAlgebraic IdentityVisual Models Of IdentitiesExploring Algebraic IdentitiesMathematicsClass 9 Mcq

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