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Broad Topics > Algebraic expressions, equations and formulae > IdentitiesImagine starting with one yellow cube and covering it all over with a single layer of red cubes, and then covering that cube with a layer of blue cubes. How many red and blue cubes would you need?
We can show that (x + 1)² = x² + 2x + 1 by considering the area of an (x + 1) by (x + 1) square. Show in a similar way that (x + 2)² = x² + 4x + 4
Some diagrammatic 'proofs' of algebraic identities and inequalities.