Sam wants to build a square wooden stage. His original plan for a stage x feet long and x feet wide had to be made smaller to fi

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Sam wants to build a square wooden stage. His original plan for a stage x feet long and x feet wide had to be made smaller to fi

t the space. The stage needs to be 10 feet narrower and 2 feet shorter than his original plan. Which multiplication problem represents this situation? What is the area of the smaller stage?

Mathematics

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muminat · Answer 1 · 2023-02-13T11:50:06+03:00

muminat2 years ago

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Answer:

Option A

Step-by-step explanation:

Both brackets must have minus since it has to be shorter and narrower.
So that leaves us with Options A and D
D is expanded wrong since -2x+-10x =-12x and not -8x.
So the answer is Option A