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In a visual model of a large square of side a, two rectangular strips of area ab are removed. The corner square of area b² is added back once because it is included in both strips. Which algebraic identity does this model represent?

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Correct answer: (a-b)² = a² - 2ab + b²

The correct answer is A. Begin with the large square, whose area is a². Removing one rectangular strip of area ab gives a²-ab. Removing the second strip gives a²-ab-ab=a²-2ab. However, the corner square of area b² lies in the overlap of the two removed strips, so it has been subtracted twice. It must therefore be added once, giving a²-2ab+b². This is exactly the expansion of (a-b)². Option B has plus signs and describes (a+b)², where regions are added. Option C is the difference-of-squares identity and has a different arrangement. Option D forgets the overlap correction. Memory cue: subtracting two overlapping regions requires adding their common part once.

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Algebraic IdentitiesVisual ModelsPerfect SquareOverlap CorrectionVisual Models Of IdentitiesExploring Algebraic IdentitiesMathematicsClass 9 Mcq

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