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.

2(a + b)
(a + b)2
a2 + b2
a2 − b2

(least common multiples) the answer that i had in the 1st step was lcm of airline tickets sold=72. idk if that even matters but just in case. ! three co-workers are busy selling airline tickets over the phone. in an 8-hour day, charles can sell 8 airline tickets, ann can sell 9 airline tickets, and michelle can sell 6 airline tickets. step 2 of 2: what is the smallest number of 8-hour days needed for each of them to achieve the same number of sales? it takes charles . it takes . it takes .