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A student writes that \(x^2-16=(x-4)^2\). Which option correctly fixes the error?

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Correct answer: \(x^2-16=(x-4)(x+4)\)

The direct answer is A: \(x^2-16=(x-4)(x+4)\). Since \(16=4^2\), the expression is \(x^2-4^2\), a difference of squares. Applying \(m^2-n^2=(m-n)(m+n)\) gives \((x-4)(x+4)\). The student confused a difference of squares with the square of a difference. A square such as \((x-4)^2\) expands to \(x^2-8x+16\), which has a middle term and a positive constant; it is not \(x^2-16\). B repeats the original error. C expands to \(x^2-15x-16\), not the given expression. D is false because A is an integer factorisation. Memory cue: \(m^2-n^2\) has two different factors, one with minus and one with plus; \((m-n)^2\) has a middle term \(-2mn\).

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FactorisationDifference Of SquaresError AnalysisAlgebraic IdentitiesExploring Algebraic IdentitiesMathematicsClass 9 Mcq

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