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A square of side z has a square of side 5 removed. The remaining area is rearranged into a rectangle. What can be the rectangle’s sides?

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Correct answer: z−5 and z+5

The correct answer is C: z−5 and z+5. The large square has area z². The removed square has area 5²=25. Therefore, the remaining area is z²−25. This is a difference of squares: z²−5²=(z−5)(z+5). Hence the same area can be represented by a rectangle whose sides are z−5 and z+5. Option A gives area 5z, which is not generally z²−25. Option B gives (z−5)² = z²−10z+25, a different expression. Option D gives (z+5)² = z²+10z+25, also different. The factors are valid as lengths when z>5, as required for the smaller square to fit inside the larger one. Memory cue: a²−b² always factors into (a−b)(a+b), not two equal factors.

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Difference Of SquaresFactorisationArea ModelVisual Models Of IdentitiesExploring Algebraic IdentitiesMathematicsClass 9 Mcq

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