ACTIVITY (4)
OBJECTIVE: To verify the algebraic
identity a2 – b2 = ( a
+ b ) ( a – b ).
Materials Required: Cardboard, glaze
paper, scissor, sketch pen, transparent sheet, fevicol/gum.
Procedure:
(1) Take a cardboard base.
(2) Cut one square ABCD of side “a” units
from a green glaze paper and paste it on the cardboard base. (Take a = 9 cm).
(Fig (i))
(3) Cut one more square EFGD with side “b”
units.(Take b = 3 cm) from a red glaze paper.
(4) Paste the smaller square EFGD on the
bigger square ABCD as shown in figure (ii).
(5) Join F to B using sketch pen as shown
in fig(ii).
(6) Cut out trapeziums congruent to GCBF
and EFBA using transparent sheet and name them GCBF and EFBA respectively as
shown in fig (iii).
(7) Arrange these trapeziums as shown in
fig (iv).
Observation : From the figure, we observe that
Area of square ABCD – Area of square
EFGD= Area of trapezium GCBF + Area of trapezium EFBA
= Area of rectangle GCEA = AE × EC
a2 – b2 = ( a – b ) ( a + b )
Conclusion: We have verified the identity a2
– b2 = ( a – b ) ( a + b ) .
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