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A visual model compares the area of ((x+a)(x+b)) and ((x+(a+b)/2)^2). How much greater is the second area than the first?

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Correct answer: ((a-b)^2/4)

The direct answer is B: the second area is greater by (a-b)^2/4. Expand the first expression: (x+a)(x+b)=x^2+(a+b)x+ab. For the second expression, use the square identity: (x+(a+b)/2)^2 = x^2+(a+b)x+(a+b)^2/4. Both expressions contain exactly the same x^2 term and the same linear term (a+b)x, so those parts cancel when we compare areas. The difference is (a+b)^2/4-ab. Put over a common denominator: [(a+b)^2-4ab]/4 = [a^2+2ab+b^2-4ab]/4 = (a^2-2ab+b^2)/4 = (a-b)^2/4. Option A is only a length-like quantity, not the area difference. Option B gives the complete remaining constant area. Option C subtracts the wrong constant terms and ignores the square model. Option D does not simplify to the required difference. The result is always nonnegative because it is a square divided by 4.

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Advanced-Area-ComparisonComplete-SquareAlgebraic-IdentityVisual Models Of IdentitiesExploring Algebraic IdentitiesMathematicsClass 9 Mcq

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