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The appropriate identity to factorise 49y2+84yz+36z2 will be:

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a

(a+b)2=a2+2ab+b2

b

(a-b)2=a2-2ab+b2

c

a2+ b2=(a+b)2-2ab

d

a2-b2=(a+b) (a-b)

answer is B.

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Detailed Solution

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The given expression 49y2+84yz+36z2 has three terms, in which the first and the last terms are perfect squares. Also, all the terms are positive. 

Let us compare it to the identity (a+b)2=a2+2ab+b2

49y2+84yz+36z2 can be written as:

(7y)2+(2×7y×6z)+(6z)2

=(7y+6z)2

Hence, we can factorise it using the identity: (a+b)2=a2+2ab+b2.

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