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Suppose A and B represent two different school populations where A > B and A and B must be greater than 0. Which of the following expressions is the largest? Explain why. Show all work necessary.

A: 2(A + B)
B: (A + B)^2
C: A^2 + B^2
D: A^2 − B^2

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C. A^2 +B^2 will be the largest because we know that (a+b)^2 = a^2 +2ab +b^2

so than you check these other choices this ie the largest sure

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