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If an expression is a difference of two squares, \(a^2-b^2\), in which form is it factorised?

Answer and explanation

Correct answer: (a-b)(a+b)

Direct answer: A, (a−b)(a+b). The basic identity for the difference of two squares is a²−b²=(a−b)(a+b). We can verify it by multiplication: (a−b)(a+b)=a²+ab−ab−b²=a²−b². The middle terms cancel because one factor has a plus sign and the other has a minus sign. Option A therefore reproduces the exact expression. Option B represents a square of a difference and expands to a²−2ab+b², which has a middle term and a positive final term. Option C expands to a²+2ab+b², so both the middle sign and the final sign differ. Option D contains an extra factor and does not generally equal a²−b²; it is not the standard identity. Memory cue: difference means minus between the squares, but the two factors use opposite signs.

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Difference Of SquaresFactorisationAlgebraic IdentitiesConjugate FactorsExploring Algebraic IdentitiesMathematicsClass 9 Mcq

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