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Reema factorised x² − 9 as (x − 3)². What is the correct factorisation after fixing her error?

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Correct answer: (x − 3)(x + 3)

The direct answer is B: (x − 3)(x + 3). Rewrite x² − 9 as x² − 3². This is a difference of squares, so use u² − v² = (u − v)(u + v), giving (x − 3)(x + 3). Reema’s expression (x − 3)² is not equivalent: expanding it gives x² − 6x + 9, which contains a middle term and has a positive constant. Option B expands to x² + 3x − 3x − 9 = x² − 9, so it is correct. Option A is the original error and adds unwanted terms. Option C expands to x² − 8x − 9, not x² − 9. Option D expands to x² + x − 12, also incorrect. Memory cue: a difference of squares has two different brackets, one with minus and one with plus; it is not a square of one bracket.

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Difference Of SquaresError AnalysisFactorisationAlgebraic IdentitiesExploring Algebraic IdentitiesMathematicsClass 9 Mcq

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