Posted by christy on Tuesday, November 1, 2011 at 5:26pm.
It is true whenever a=0 or b=0 or both=0, because
(a+b)²=a²+2ab+b²
So when either or both of a and b is zero, the equality is true because the 2ab term disappears.
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