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A diagram shows 12^2-2×12×2+2^2. It is the area of which square?

Answer and explanation

Correct answer: A square with side 12-2

The direct answer is B. Compare the expression with the identity a^2-2ab+b^2=(a-b)^2. Here a=12 and b=2, so 12^2-2×12×2+2^2=(12-2)^2. A square whose side is 12-2 therefore has exactly this area. A would correspond to (12+2)^2, whose middle term is positive, not negative. C would produce a square with side 24 and area 576, which is unrelated to the given expression. D would mean a side of 144 and an extremely different area; it confuses a number with its square. Option B is also easy to check numerically: the expression equals 144-48+4=100, and (12-2)^2=10^2=100. The visual subtraction model starts with the 12-by-12 square, removes two strips of width 2, and restores the 2-by-2 overlap. Memory cue: a negative middle term signals (a-b)^2; a positive middle term signals (a+b)^2.

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Algebraic IdentitiesPerfect Square TrinomialVisual ModelsSquare AreaVisual Models Of IdentitiesExploring Algebraic IdentitiesMathematicsClass 9 Mcq

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