Sam wants to build a square wooden stage. His original plan for a stage x feet long and x feet wide had to be made smaller to fit the space. The stage needs to be 10 feet narrower and 2 feet shorter than

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Tzup asked Apr 2, 2023

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Sam wants to build a square wooden stage. His original plan for a stage x feet long and x feet wide had to be made smaller to fit the space. The stage needs to be 10 feet narrower and 2 feet shorter than his original plan. Which multiplication problem represents this situation? What is the area of the smaller stage?

Sam wants to build a square wooden stage. His original plan for a stage x feet long-example-1

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Tzup asked Apr 2, 2023

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Answer:

Option A

Explanation:

Both brackets must have minus since it has to be shorter and narrower.
So that leaves us with Options A and D
D is expanded wrong since -2x+-10x =-12x and not -8x.
So the answer is Option A

Kuganrajh Rajendran answered Apr 6, 2023