SOLUTION: Geometry. A square has sides of length 3x - 2 cm. Express the area of the square as a polynomial. Please help with this. Thanks.

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: Geometry. A square has sides of length 3x - 2 cm. Express the area of the square as a polynomial.
Please help with this. Thanks.
This question is from textbook Beginning Algebra

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Area of a square: A=length*width
Since length equals the width we can write the area as
FOIL factors

Area represented as a polynomial

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