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What is the value of ( (3x+4)(3x-4)-(9x^2-20) )?

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Correct answer: (4)

Use the difference-of-squares identity \( (a+b)(a-b)=a^2-b^2\). In the first product, let \(a=3x\) and \(b=4\). Thus, \((3x+4)(3x-4)=(3x)^2-4^2=9x^2-16\). The full expression is then \((9x^2-16)-(9x^2-20)\). Distribute the minus sign across the second bracket: \(9x^2-16-9x^2+20\). The x-squared terms cancel and the constants give \(-16+20=4\). Therefore, option A is correct.

A common error is to subtract only the first term inside the second bracket and leave its constant unchanged. The minus sign applies to both terms, so \(-(9x^2-20)=-9x^2+20\). Directly simplifying the two brackets shows the same result: the first is \(9x^2-16\), and after subtraction the variable terms disappear. Since no value of x is specified, the result must be the constant 4, not an expression depending on x.

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