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A software developer is creating a logic module for an automated tutoring system to handle 'completing the square' for expressions of the form x2+bxx^2 + bx. According to the standard algebraic procedure, if the linear coefficient (bb) is negative, what mathematical operation must the system use between the variable and the constant in the final factored binomial square?

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