$(a - b) (a + b)$ is the factorised form of :

a^{2} - a b + b^{2}

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a^{2} - b^{2}

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{(a - b)}^{2}

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{(a + b)}^{2}

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Solution

The correct option is D $a^{2} - b^{2}$
$(a - b) (a + b) = a (a + b) - b (a + b)$
$= a^{2} + a b - a b - b^{2}$
$= a^{2} - b^{2}$

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