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In a visual proof, ((a+b+c)² − (a+b−c)²) is read as a difference of two squares. What is the remaining area?

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Correct answer: 4c(a + b), the strip area

The direct answer is A: 4c(a + b). Begin by treating the repeated group a + b as one quantity, say u. The expression becomes (u + c)² − (u − c)². Using the difference-of-squares identity, P² − Q² = (P − Q)(P + Q), we get [(u+c) − (u−c)] [(u+c) + (u−c)] = (2c)(2u) = 4uc. Replacing u by a+b gives 4c(a+b). Option B is only half of the correct result because both the length 2c and the length 2(a+b) contribute. Option C incorrectly multiplies a, b, and c separately; the expression contains the grouped sum a+b, not ab. Option D keeps square terms that cancel during subtraction, so it cannot represent the remaining strip. A useful cue is: (u+c)² − (u−c)² always leaves four times u c.

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Difference Of SquaresGrouped IdentityVisual ProofArea ReasoningVisual Models Of IdentitiesExploring Algebraic IdentitiesMathematicsClass 9 Mcq

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