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Which of the following expressions can be factorised using the identity of difference of squares, \(a^2-b^2=(a-b)(a+b)\)?

Answer and explanation

Correct answer: \(49a^2-b^2\)

The direct answer is A: \(49a^2-b^2=(7a)^2-b^2\). This has the exact form \(u^2-v^2\), so the difference-of-squares identity gives \((7a-b)(7a+b)\). Expanding confirms it: \((7a-b)(7a+b)=49a^2+7ab-7ab-b^2=49a^2-b^2\). Option B is a sum of squares, not a difference, so this identity does not apply. Option C is \((7a-b)^2\), a perfect-square trinomial, while D is \((7a+b)^2\); neither is a difference of two squares in the required direct form. The important distinction is between a minus sign separating two square terms and a squared binomial containing a middle term. Memory cue: difference of squares produces two factors with the same first term and opposite signs in the second term.

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FactorisationDifference Of SquaresAlgebraic IdentitiesPerfect SquaresExploring Algebraic IdentitiesMathematicsClass 9 Mcq

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