I believe it is neither
For one if you plug in either of them the first one is going to be negative 3. But if you use the second one then your answer would be -3+12= -10 but -3+12 is 9 so I would go with neither because I don't see how it's both
The area of the square whose sides is s inches long will be given by:
Area=length×width
Length=s inches
width=s inches
thus:
the area of the squares will be:
Area=s×s=s² sq. inches
Thus the correct answer is:
area=s² sq. in
<h3>Answer is -2</h3>
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