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A square field in a certain state park is mowed around the edges every week. The rest of the field is kept unmoved to serve as a habitat for birds and small animals(see the figure). The field measures b feet by b feet, and the mowed strip is x feet wide.

(a) Explain why the area of the mowed portion is B^2-(b-2x)^2.

(b) Factor the expression in (a) to show that the area of the mowed portion is also 4x(b-x)

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A  square field in a certain state park is mowed around the edges every week. The rest of the field is kept unmoved to serve as a habitat for birds and small animals(see the figure). The field measures b feet by b feet, and the mowed strip is x feet wide.

(a) Explain why the area of the mowed portion is B^2-(b-2x)^2.

(b) Factor the expression in (a) to show that the area of the mowed portion is also 4x(b-x)

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