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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Question 69883This question is from textbook Beginning Algebra
: 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) About Me  (Show Source):
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Area of a square: A=length*width
Since length equals the width we can write the area as
A=%283x-2%29%2A%283x-2%29FOIL factors
A=9x%5E2-6x-6x%2B4
A=9x%5E2-12x%2B4 Area represented as a polynomial