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The area of a rectangle with sides (a+b) and (a−b) is equal to what?

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Correct answer: a²−b²

The correct answer is D: a²−b². The area of a rectangle is the product of its length and breadth, so the area here is (a+b)(a−b). Multiply term by term: a·a=a², a·(−b)=−ab, b·a=+ab, and b·(−b)=−b². Combining these gives a²−ab+ab−b². The middle terms cancel because −ab+ab=0, leaving a²−b². Option A is (a+b)², which would be the area of a square with both sides a+b. Option B has an extra, incorrect ab term. Option C loses the negative sign before b² and therefore does not represent this product. Option D is exactly the difference-of-squares identity (a+b)(a−b)=a²−b². Memory cue: sum multiplied by difference gives first square minus second square.

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Rectangle-AreaDifference-Of-SquaresAlgebraic-IdentityVisual Models Of IdentitiesExploring Algebraic IdentitiesMathematicsClass 9 Mcq

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