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Rules for Squaring Radical Expressions

A precision machinist is calculating the area of a square component with a side length that includes a radical term, such as $2\sqrt{5}. According to the standard procedure for squaring such terms, what two distinct components of the expression $2\sqrt{5} must be squared separately to arrive at the correct simplified integer value?

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