Consider, we need to find the expanded form of the given expression.
Given:
The expression is:
[tex]\left(a+b\right)^2[/tex]
To find:
The expanded form of the given expression.
Solution:
We have,
[tex]\left(a+b\right)^2[/tex]
It can be written as:
[tex]\left(a+b\right)^2=(a+b)(a+b)[/tex]
Using distributive property of multiplication over addition, we get
[tex]\left(a+b\right)^2=a(a+b)+b(a+b)[/tex]
[tex]\left(a+b\right)^2=a(a)+a(b)+b(a)+b(b)[/tex]
[tex]\left(a+b\right)^2=a^2+ab+ab+b^2[/tex]
[tex]\left(a+b\right)^2=a^2+2ab+b^2[/tex]
Therefore, the expanded form of the given expression is [tex]a^2+2ab+b^2[/tex].
