Geometrically verify the identity: (a+2b)(a−2b)=a2−(2b)2
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Step 1: Draw a square and cut into 3 parts. Step 2: There are 1 hided square green and 2 rectangles (pink, blue) Step 3: Area of the full square =a2−(2b)2 Step 4: Now we have to find the area of rectangle as shown in the figure. Step 5: Consider the area of pink rectangle = length × breadth =a(a−2b) Step 6: Area of blue rectangle =2b(a−2b) Step 7: Area of full square = area of pink rectangle + area of blue rectangle. i.e., a2−(b)2=a(a−2b)+2b(a−2b) a2−(2b)2=(a+2b)(a−2b) Hence, geometrically we proved the identity a2−(2b)2=(a+2b)(a−2b).