5) VERIFICATION OF THE IDENTITY ( a + b + c ) 2

AIM :
To verify the identity (a + b + c)2 = a2 + b2 + c2 + 2a b + 2 b c + 2 c a , experimentally.

MATERIALS REQUIRED :
1. Geometry Box
2. Colour Pencil

PRE-REQUISTE KNOWLEDGE :

Construction of rectangles and finding its area.

PROCEDURE :
E I M
1. Take AB = 5 cm , BC = 3 cm , CD = 2 cm. A

2. Mark AE = 5cm, EI = 3cm , IM = 2cm a2 ab

ca
3. Mark MN = 5cm , NO = 3cm , OP = 2cm F J
B N
4. Mark DH = 5cm , HL = 3cm , LP = 2cm ab b2 bc
5. Draw square ADPM of side 10 cm G K
C O
ca bc c2
D
H L P
6. Join BN , CO , EH and IL.

7. Squares ABFE , FGKJ , KLPO are formed whose areas are a2 , b2 and c2 sq.units respectively.

8. Areas of rectangles BCGF and EFJI are ab sq.units

9. Areas of rectangles GHLK and JKON are bc sq.units

10. Areas of rectangles CDHG and IJNM are ca sq.units.

11. Area of square ADPM = ( a + b + c )2 sq.units

12. When areas of all the smaller squares and rectangles are added , we get
a2 + b2 + c2 + 2ab + 2bc + 2ca.

RESULT :

This verifies that ( a+ b+ c)2 = a2 +b2 +c2 + 2ab + 2 b c + 2 c a