The instruction says "Write as a product" and the student literally wrote the expression multiplied by 1. Technically correct - the best kind of correct in mathematics. This is what happens when you spend 14 hours debugging code and your brain starts interpreting instructions with machine-like literalism. The professor probably wanted (x+y)(x+y), but sometimes malicious compliance is the only joy left in a STEM degree.
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