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Activity 3: Bjective Aterial Equired

This document describes an activity to verify the algebraic identity (a + b)2 = a2 + 2ab + b2. The method involves cutting out squares and rectangles of sides a and b from cardboard, then taping them together to form a larger square of side (a + b). By calculating the total area of the individual shapes and the larger square, the identity is shown to hold true. Measurements are then taken to empirically verify the identity for different values of a and b. The identity can be useful for calculating sums of squares and simplifying algebraic expressions.

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Activity 3: Bjective Aterial Equired

This document describes an activity to verify the algebraic identity (a + b)2 = a2 + 2ab + b2. The method involves cutting out squares and rectangles of sides a and b from cardboard, then taping them together to form a larger square of side (a + b). By calculating the total area of the individual shapes and the larger square, the identity is shown to hold true. Measurements are then taken to empirically verify the identity for different values of a and b. The identity can be useful for calculating sums of squares and simplifying algebraic expressions.

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Activity 3

OBJECTIVE MATERIAL REQUIRED


To verify the algebraic identity : Drawing sheet, cardboard, cello-
tape, coloured papers, cutter and
(a + b)2 = a2 + 2ab + b2
ruler.

METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION
1. Cut out a square of side length a units from a drawing sheet/cardboard and
name it as square ABCD [see Fig. 1].
2. Cut out another square of length b units from a drawing sheet/cardboard and
name it as square CHGF [see Fig. 2].

Fig. 1 Fig. 2

3. Cut out a rectangle of length a units and breadth b units from a drawing
sheet/cardbaord and name it as a rectangle DCFE [see Fig. 3].
4. Cut out another rectangle of length b units and breadth a units from a drawing
sheet/cardboard and name it as a rectangle BIHC [see Fig. 4].

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Fig. 3 Fig. 4
5. Total area of these four cut-out figures
= Area of square ABCD + Area of square CHGF + Area of rectangle DCFE
+ Area of rectangle BIHC
= a2 + b2 + ab + ba = a2 + b2 + 2ab.
6. Join the four quadrilaterals using cello-tape as shown in Fig. 5.

Fig. 5

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Clearly, AIGE is a square of side (a + b). Therefore, its area is (a + b)2. The
combined area of the constituent units = a2 + b2 + ab + ab = a2 + b2 + 2ab.
Hence, the algebraic identity (a + b)2 = a2 + 2ab + b2
Here, area is in square units.

OBSERVATION
On actual measurement:
a = .............., b = .............. (a+b) = ..............,
So, a2 = .............. b2 = .............., ab = ..............
(a+b)2 = .............., 2ab = ..............
Therefore, (a+b)2 = a2 + 2ab + b2 .
The identity may be verified by taking different values of a and b.

APPLICATION
The identity may be used for
1. calculating the square of a number expressed as the sum of two convenient
numbers.
2. simplifications/factorisation of some algebraic expressions.

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