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If in the rectangle model of (3x+4) and (3x−4), the 3x part is treated as the square side, what area remains?

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Correct answer: 9x² − 16

The direct answer is C: 9x² − 16. The product is of the form (a+b)(a−b), whose identity is a²−b². Here a=3x and b=4. Therefore the area is (3x)²−4² = 9x²−16. In the rectangle picture, the two cross-regions are equal and opposite, so the 12x terms cancel; only the large square 9x² and the negative corner 16 remain. Option A incorrectly adds the two square areas, as if the expression were a sum of squares. Option B squares 3x incorrectly and should have 9x², not 3x². Option D is the expansion of (3x−4)², which is a different expression and includes unwanted linear terms. A useful cue is that conjugate factors have opposite signs and always produce a difference of squares.

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Difference Of SquaresConjugate FactorsRectangle ModelCancellationVisual Models Of IdentitiesExploring Algebraic IdentitiesMathematicsClass 9 Mcq

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