Question

If you visualize $a^2$, then the shape you get will be a .

• A. rectangle
• B. square
• C. triangle

Answer 1

The correct option is B square

When we see the term $a^2$, we can simplify it as $a\times a.$

We notice that $a\times a$ can be represented in terms of diagrams as a quadrilateral with both length and breadth as $"a"$, which would be a square.


The area of the square will be $length\times width=a\times a=a^2$.

If the term would have been $=ab,$ we would have got a rectangle of length as $"a"$ and width as $"b"$ instead of a square, as $"a"$ and $"b"$ are not same.