McGraw Hill Glencoe Algebra 1, 2012
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1. Variables and Expressions
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Exercise 27 Page 7

What operations do squared and minus represent?

k^2-11

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The key word is minus. This indicates that we should perform subtraction. ... - ...

The word squared means that we should raise the variable k to the power of 2. k squared k^2 The second part is minus 11 which tells us that we should subtract 11 from the first term, k^2. k squaredminus 11 k^2 - 11 Note that this is only one of multiple ways to algebraically express the given verbal expression.