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A rectangle has sides (x+2) and (x+7). What will be the middle term in its area model?

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Correct answer: 9x, the sum of the two strip areas

The direct answer is B: 9x. Multiply the two side expressions using the distributive property: (x+2)(x+7)=x·x+x·7+2·x+2·7=x^2+7x+2x+14=x^2+9x+14. In the visual model, x^2 is the large x-by-x square, 7x and 2x are the two rectangular strips, and 14 is the small corner rectangle. The middle term is the total of the strips, 7x+2x=9x. Option A, 14x, wrongly multiplies 2 and 7 and then attaches x; 2×7 actually gives the constant corner 14. Option C is the main square term, not the middle term. Option D is the product of the constant parts and is the constant term. Memory cue: in (x+a)(x+b), the middle term is (a+b)x, while the corner is ab.

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Algebraic IdentitiesRectangle ModelMiddle TermPolynomial ExpansionVisual Models Of IdentitiesExploring Algebraic IdentitiesMathematicsClass 9 Mcq

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