Question

The area of a square is given by the expression x^2-12x+36 square inches. Find an expression that represents the length of one side of the square, in inches.
A. x – 6
B. x + 6
C. x – 18
D. (x-6)^2

Answer 1

What do you think

Answer 2

B

Answer 3

Nope. First we break the expression into groups. And we get Right?
\[=(-6x+36)+(x^{2}-6x)\]

Answer 4

what do we factor out of the equation @KellyRJr

Answer 5

-6x?

Answer 6

Yep so we factor -6 from -6x+36 to get -6(x-6)

Then what else do we factor out

Answer 7

-6 again?

Answer 8

Nope try again

Answer 9

I'm not sure what else.

Answer 10

Well we factor x from x2-6x to get x(x-6) so what do we have as the next equation

Answer 11

A?

Answer 12

We are not doing answers yet.

whats the next equation we get after factoring -6 and x

Answer 13

I have no idea. I thought it would be x-6 thus the answer a.

Answer 14

Nope, we et

x(x-6)-6(x-6) right?

Then what do we factor out now?

Answer 15

x-6?

Answer 16

Good soo we are left with??

Answer 17

....x-6?

Answer 18

Kinda, we are left with

(x-6)(x-6)

so how what do we do?

Answer 19

it would be addition now?

Answer 20

Nope we get????

Answer 21

D!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!