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Which of the following expressions is a difference of two squares and can therefore be factorised into the product of two binomials?

Answer and explanation

Correct answer: \(x^2-49\)

The direct answer is A: \(x^2-49\). A difference of squares has the form \(a^2-b^2\), and its identity is \(a^2-b^2=(a-b)(a+b)\). Here, \(x^2=x^2\) and \(49=7^2\), so \(x^2-49=x^2-7^2=(x-7)(x+7)\). Option A therefore becomes a product of two binomials. Option B is a sum of squares, \(x^2+7^2\), so the difference-of-squares identity does not apply. Option C is \(x^2-14x+49=(x-7)^2\), a perfect-square trinomial, not simply a difference of two squares. Option D is \((x+7)^2\), because its middle term is positive. Memory cue: look for two perfect squares separated by a minus sign; the factors then have opposite signs.

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FactorisationDifference Of SquaresAlgebraic IdentitiesClass 9 MathematicsExploring Algebraic IdentitiesMathematicsClass 9 Mcq

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