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In the rectangle model of ((x+2y)(x-2y)), what happens to the middle rectangular terms?

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Correct answer: They become (2xy) and (-2xy) and cancel

Direct answer: C. Multiply the two binomials term by term: x·x=x^2, x·(-2y)=-2xy, 2y·x=2xy, and 2y·(-2y)=-4y^2. In the rectangle model, the two middle rectangles therefore have signed areas -2xy and +2xy. Their magnitudes are equal but their signs are opposite, so their combined area is -2xy+2xy=0. Only x^2-4y^2 remains, which is the difference-of-squares identity. Option A incorrectly adds magnitudes and ignores the opposite signs. Option B has the wrong coefficient and power; the y-by-y corner is -4y^2, not 2y^2. Option C correctly identifies the two cancelling middle rectangles. Option D is impossible because x^2 is a separate corner square and is not cancelled. In signed area models, opposite-oriented or negative tiles cancel equal positive tiles. Memory cue: conjugates (u+v)(u-v) have equal and opposite middle terms.

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Conjugate ProductVisual CancellationDifference Of SquaresVisual Models Of IdentitiesExploring Algebraic IdentitiesMathematicsClass 9 Mcq

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