Astudent is asked to factor, if possible, the given expression. the student's response demonstrates which common misconception? simplify: a2 + b2 student's response: (a + b)(a − b)

The student assumed he was asked to factor

(a^2 - b^2)

Which is equal to

= (a+b)*(a-b)    (His response)

But, he was asked to simplify

(a^2 + b^2)

Which has imaginary roots, and can be factored as:

(b +ai)(b-ai)

in the attachment.   i didn't see your choices.   the word which means there is choices.

step-by-step explanation:

(x,y)

x tells you how much left or right you go from the origin

y tells you how much down or up you go from the origin

so for example (-3,2), you go left 3 and up twice. i denoted which of the ordered pairs is which in my graph.

do you have a picture of the table