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Kelly was given square piece of material whose dimensions were 5x inches by 5x inches. She felt that it was a little too big for the project she was working on, so she cut 2 inches off each side of the square. which of the following expression represents the area of the remaining piece of material, in square inches?

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Answer:

25x^2 - 20x + 4

Step-by-step explanation:

Multiply (5x-2) by (5x-2).

25x^2 - 10x - 10x + 4.

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User Gurgen Hakobyan
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So base on your question where Kelly is given a piece of square material whose dimension where 5x inches by 5x inches. Then afterwards he ut both side by 2 so the equation of this proble could be (5x-2)^2 i hope you are satisfied with my answer.
User Bharath Kumar
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