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What is the area of a square with side \(a-b\)?

Answer and explanation

Correct answer: \(a^2-2ab+b^2\)

The direct answer is B: \(a^2-2ab+b^2\). The area of any square is side multiplied by itself, or (side)². Here the side is \(a-b\), so the area is \((a-b)^2=(a-b)(a-b)\). Multiply each term: \(a\cdot a=a^2\), \(a\cdot(-b)=-ab\), \((-b)\cdot a=-ab\), and \((-b)\cdot(-b)=b^2\). Adding these gives \(a^2-ab-ab+b^2=a^2-2ab+b^2\). A is wrong because \(a^2-b^2\) is the identity for \((a-b)(a+b)\), not the square of \(a-b\). C is the expansion of \((a+b)^2\), so its middle term has the wrong sign. D does not follow from multiplying the two binomials and is not a standard square identity. Memory cue: when a binomial with a minus sign is squared, the middle term is \(-2ab\), while the last term remains positive.

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Algebraic IdentitiesSquare Of DifferenceArea Of SquareVisual ModelsClass 9 MathematicsVisual Models Of IdentitiesExploring Algebraic IdentitiesMathematics

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