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In a cut-and-paste model, the area of \(a^2-b^2\) is 96 and \(a-b=6\). What is \(a+b\)?

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Correct answer: 16

The direct answer is B: \(a+b=16\). The difference-of-squares identity is \(a^2-b^2=(a-b)(a+b)\). In a cut-and-paste model, the region between the squares can be rearranged into a rectangle whose sides are \(a-b\) and \(a+b\), so its area is their product. Substitute the given values: \(96=6(a+b)\). Divide both sides by 6 to obtain \(a+b=96\div6=16\). Option A, 90, incorrectly subtracts 6 from 96; area is not used that way here. Option C, 102, incorrectly adds 6 to 96. Option D, 12, fails because \(6\times12=72\), not 96. The key is to use the factorisation, not ordinary addition or subtraction of the given numbers. Memory cue: difference of squares equals difference times sum.

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Cut-And-Paste ModelDifference Of SquaresUnknown SideVisual Models Of IdentitiesExploring Algebraic IdentitiesMathematicsClass 9 Mcq

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