SOLUTION: A 5 cm by 5cm square piece of cardboard was cut from a bigger square cardboard. The area of the remaining cardboard was 50 m square . If s represents the length of the bigger card

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Question 891637: A 5 cm by 5cm square piece of cardboard was cut from a bigger square cardboard. The area of the remaining cardboard was 50 m square . If s represents the length of the bigger card board which of the following expressions gives the area of the remaining piece?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39799) About Me  (Show Source):
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Originally the area was s%2As or same as s%5E2.
A 5*5 square cm piece was cut out from the original piece. Do this in meters, because the final remaining quantity is given in meters.

s%5E2 square meters originally.
Remove %280.05%29%280.05%29=0.0025 square meters.

How much remains:
highlight_green%28highlight%28s%5E2-0.0025%29=50%29, all in square meters.

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