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If \(24\cdot26\) is viewed as \((25-1)(25+1)\), what result is obtained?

Answer and explanation

Correct answer: 624

The direct answer is A, 624. The two factors are equally spaced around 25: \(24=25-1\) and \(26=25+1\). Apply the difference-of-squares identity \((u-v)(u+v)=u^2-v^2\). Thus, \(24\cdot26=(25-1)(25+1)=25^2-1^2=625-1=624\). We can also check directly: \(24\times26=24(20+6)=480+144=624\). Option B, 625, is only \(25^2\); it forgets to subtract \(1^2\). Option C is one more than the correct result and has no identity-based justification. Option D is an incorrect multiplication. The useful mental-math rule is: when two numbers are equally far from a middle number, multiply by squaring the middle number and subtracting the square of the distance. Here the distance is 1.

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Difference Of SquaresMental MultiplicationNumerical IdentityGrade 9 MathematicsVisual Models Of IdentitiesExploring Algebraic IdentitiesMathematicsClass 9 Mcq

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