A large square has an area of $1,296$ square centimeters ($\text{cm}^…

Question

Prompt

A large square has an area of

1, 296

square centimeters (

cm^{2}

). Small squares of area

36 cm^{2}

are cut out of the large square one by one. Which function

f

gives the area of the resulting figure, in

cm^{2}

, after

x

small squares are cut out?

f (x) = 1, 296 - 36 x

f (x) = 1, 332 x

f (x) = 1, 296 x - 6

f (x) = 1, 290 x