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Verify Algebraic Identity (a+b+c)²

This document describes an activity to verify the algebraic identity (a+b+c)2 = a2 + b2 + c2 + 2ab + 2bc + 2ca. Students are instructed to cut out squares and rectangles of colored paper representing the variables a, b, and c. When arranged on a board, the combination of shapes will form a larger square with an area equaling the expanded identity. This visual demonstration verifies the algebraic relationship and shows applications in simplifying expressions and calculating sums of squares.

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Verify Algebraic Identity (a+b+c)²

This document describes an activity to verify the algebraic identity (a+b+c)2 = a2 + b2 + c2 + 2ab + 2bc + 2ca. Students are instructed to cut out squares and rectangles of colored paper representing the variables a, b, and c. When arranged on a board, the combination of shapes will form a larger square with an area equaling the expanded identity. This visual demonstration verifies the algebraic relationship and shows applications in simplifying expressions and calculating sums of squares.

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Activity 6

OBJECTIVE MATERIAL REQUIRED


To verify the algebraic identity : Hardboard, adhesive, coloured
papers, white paper.
(a+b+c)2 = a2 + b2 + c2 + 2ab + 2bc + 2ca

METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION
1. Take a hardboard of a convenient size and paste a white paper on it.
2. Cut out a square of side a units from a coloured paper [see Fig. 1].
3. Cut out a square of side b units from a coloured paper [see Fig. 2].
4. Cut out a square of side c units from a coloured paper [see Fig. 3].
5. Cut out two rectangles of dimensions a× b, two rectangles of dimensions
b × c and two rectangles of dimensions c × a square units from a coloured
paper [see Fig. 4].

Fig. 1 Fig. 2 Fig. 3

Fig. 4
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6. Arrange the squares and rectangles on
the hardboard as shown in Fig. 5.

DEMONSTRATION
From the arrangement of squares and
rectangles in Fig. 5, a square ABCD is
obtained whose side is (a+b+c) units.
Area of square ABCD = (a+b+c)2 .
Therefore, (a+b+c) 2 = sum of all the
squares and rectangles shown in Fig. 1 to
Fig. 4. Fig. 5

= a2 + ab + ac + ab + b2 + bc + ac + bc + c2
= a2 + b2 + c2 + 2ab + 2bc + 2ca
Here, area is in square units.

OBSERVATION
On actual measurement:
a = .............., b = .............., c = ..............,
So, a2 = .............., b2 = .............., c2= .............., ab= ..............,
bc= .............., ca = .............., 2ab = .............., 2bc = ..............,
2ca= .............., a+b+c = .............., (a+b+c)2 = ..............,
Therefore, (a+b+c)2 = a2 + b2 +c2 +2ab + 2bc + 2ca

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

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