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A packaging technician at a logistics company is designing the base of a modular shipping crate. The dimensions of the base are (2x+7)(2x + 7) inches and (2x−7)(2x - 7) inches. To quickly compute the simplified area of the base, the technician recalls the Product of Conjugates pattern: (a+b)(a−b)=a2−b2(a + b)(a - b) = a^2 - b^2, where a=2xa = 2x and b=7b = 7. To find the first term of the simplified area, a2a^2, the technician must square 2x{}2x. The squared first term, representing a2a^2, is ____.

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