A manufacturing company produces sheet metal. The area of a large rectangular sheet is represented by the expression square inches. A square piece with a side length of inches is cut out from the sheet. Which of the following expressions represents the area of the remaining metal sheet, in square inches, for all ?
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The remaining area of the metal sheet is represented by .
To find the remaining area, the area of the square piece must be subtracted from the area of the large rectangular sheet. Expanding the large rectangular sheet's area yields . Expanding the area of the square piece yields . Subtracting the second polynomial from the first requires distributing the negative sign to all terms: . Combining the quadratic terms yields the correct simplified expression .
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Polynomial operations involving monomial distribution with exponent rules, binomial squaring, and polynomial subtraction with sign distribution.
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