A school is installing a flagpole in the central plaza. The plaza is a square with side length 100 yards as shown in the figure

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below. The flagpole will take up a square plot in the middle of the plaza and its base will have an area of x2−10x+25 yd2.

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Goryan [66] · Answer 1 · 2023-07-02T11:38:06+03:00

The length of the flagpole is x - 5 yards

<h3>How to determine the length of the flagpole?</h3>

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The area of the flagpole is given as:

Area = x^2 - 10x + 25

Expand the expression

Area = x^2 - 5x -5x + 25

Factorize the expression

Area = (x - 5)(x - 5)

Express as squares

Area =(x - 5)^2

The area of a square is

Area = Length^2

So, we have:

Length = x - 5

Hence, the length of the flagpole is x - 5 yards