To represent the number of squares after steps, Diego and Jada wrote different equations. Diego wrote the equation f(n)= (n+1) 2 . Jada wrote the equation f(n) = n 2+ 2n + 1. Are either Diego or Jada correct? Explain your reasoning.

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Diego is correct

Step-by-step explanation:

for this case we must apply distributive property to the following expression:

the distributive property states that:

then, when applying the property we have to multiply the -2 for each term within the parenthesis: