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Geometrically verify the identity: (a+2b)(a2b)=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(a2b)
Step 6: Area of blue rectangle = 2b(a2b)
Step 7: Area of full square = area of pink rectangle + area of blue rectangle.
i.e., a2(b)2=a(a2b)+2b(a2b)
a2(2b)2=(a+2b)(a2b)
Hence, geometrically we proved the identity a2(2b)2=(a+2b)(a2b).
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