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What is the correct factorised form of \(x^2-14x+49\)?

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Correct answer: \((x-7)^2\)

The direct answer is B: \((x-7)^2\). Use the identity \((p-q)^2=p^2-2pq+q^2\). The first term is \(x^2\), so take p=x. The constant term is \(49=7^2\), so take q=7. The middle term predicted by the identity is \(-2(x)(7)=-14x\), exactly the given middle term. Therefore \(x^2-14x+49=(x-7)^2\). A expands to \(x^2+14x+49\), so its middle sign is wrong. C expands to \(x^2+35x-686\), matching neither the middle nor constant term. D expands to \(x^2-98x+2401\), so both coefficients differ. A useful check is that a negative middle term requires the minus version of the perfect-square identity when the outer square roots are x and 7.

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Perfect SquareMinus SquareFactorisationAlgebraic IdentitiesExploring Algebraic IdentitiesMathematicsClass 9 Mcq

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