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In a visual model, a²−b² is rearranged into two rectangles. Which factorisation does it show?

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Correct answer: (a−b)(a+b)

Direct answer: A is correct. The difference of squares identity is a²−b² = (a−b)(a+b). In the visual rearrangement, the two rectangles have side lengths or combined dimensions corresponding to a−b and a+b, so their total area is the product (a−b)(a+b). Expanding confirms it: (a−b)(a+b) = a² + ab − ab − b² = a²−b². Option B expands to a²+2ab+b², the square of a sum, so it has the wrong sign and structure. Option C expands to a²−2ab+b², the square of a difference, not a difference of two squares. Option D expands to a²+ab and does not equal a²−b² in general. Memory cue: difference of squares has one difference factor and one sum factor: “difference times sum.”

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FactorisationDifference Of SquaresArea ModelAlgebraic IdentitiesVisual Models Of IdentitiesExploring Algebraic IdentitiesMathematicsClass 9 Mcq

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