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In a square of side a + b, only the two rectangles are shaded, leaving a² and b² unshaded. What is the shaded area?

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Correct answer: 2ab

Direct answer: Option B, 2ab, is correct. A square of side a + b is partitioned into four regions: an a by a square with area a², a b by b square with area b², and two rectangles whose dimensions are a and b. The question shades only those two rectangles. Each shaded rectangle has area ab, so the total shaded area is ab + ab = 2ab. Option A counts only one rectangle. Option C is the total area of the two unshaded squares, not the shaded portion. Option D is the difference-of-squares expression and does not describe the sum of the two rectangles. As a check, subtract the unshaded areas from the whole square: (a + b)² − a² − b² = 2ab. Memory cue: the two cross-shaped rectangles in a square expansion always combine to 2ab.

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Shaded AreaRectangle RegionsSquare IdentityVisual ModelVisual Models Of IdentitiesExploring Algebraic IdentitiesMathematicsClass 9 Mcq

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