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a = b
a² = ab
a² + a² - 2ab = ab + a² - 2ab
2(a² - ab) = a² - ab
2 = 1

ok here it is

2 = 1 + 1

x = 2 + 2 goes to

x = 2 + (1 + 1)

since 1 = 2

x = 2 + (1 + 2)

x = 2 + 3

x = 5

you can make 2+2=anything greater than or equal to 2

2006-08-16 04:57:44 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality

21 answers

you're an accountant, right?

2006-08-16 05:02:39 · answer #1 · answered by monkey 5 · 1 0

You made an error in your original calculation of your proof that 2 = 1...

a = b ... true
a² = ab ... true
a² + a² - 2ab = ab + a² - 2ab ... true
2(a² - ab) = a² - ab ... false

While your first part of your fourth equation is correct
a² + a² - 2ab equates to 2(a² - ab)

The second part of this equation you made an error. You incorrectly subtracted ab from the right hand side of your equation when you were multiplying it by 2, not 2 + ab

ab + a² - 2ab equates to ab + a² - ab - ab
or
a² + a² - ab - ab.

The correct fourth part of your proof should have been the equation

2(a² - ab) = ab + a² - ab - ab
or
a² + a² - 2ab = a² + a² - 2ab
or
a² + a² - ab - ab = ab + ab - ab - ab
or
ab + ab - 2a² = a² + a² - a² - a²
or
a² + a² - ab - ab = a² + a² - 2ab
anyway you look at it, in the end it all works out to
0 = 0

You ought to try and stick to trying to prove 2 + 2 = 5 instead of trying to prove that 2 = 1

2006-08-16 13:14:28 · answer #2 · answered by Bob 5 · 1 0

While that is a neat trick, its still incorrect. Our understanding of math isnt perfect. Did you that the pathagorin thyrum has a flaw? which means pathagris came up with a pretty good formula but it isnt perfect.
a^2 + b^2 =c^2 doesnt work if a=1 b=1 c=1. cause that would mean 2=1 again. Which is an infinite loop. because if we assume 2=1 and we are given x= 2+2 since 2=1 we gata change the 2's to 1's, so we get x= 1 + 1, but wait, since we are assumeing 2=1, we gata change those 1's to 2's, but wait........and so on and so on.

2006-08-16 12:07:09 · answer #3 · answered by cottoneyej31 2 · 0 0

You divided by zero in your equation, making it invalid. I have seen stuff like this before. It makes a good party trick if you are really bored and want to see people confused as you know what.

2006-08-16 12:05:09 · answer #4 · answered by wizard8100@sbcglobal.net 5 · 1 0

You divided by zero. Dividing by zero and assuming a positive square root are two of the more common flaws in "proofs" such as this one.

No soup for you.

2006-08-16 12:05:11 · answer #5 · answered by Minh 6 · 1 0

heh????
a²+a²-2ab=ab+a²-2ab | +2ab and -a²

a²=ab


not that good at math but that stuff was more than useless

2006-08-16 12:13:52 · answer #6 · answered by Obilee 4 · 0 0

Oy, not this again.

Read here for a humorous explanation that you're wrong, but yet ... you're right: http://www.kfunigraz.ac.at/imawww/pages/humor/twoandtwo.html

2006-08-16 12:05:36 · answer #7 · answered by Suzanne: YPA 7 · 0 0

Looks like biblical logic. haha

2006-08-16 12:55:36 · answer #8 · answered by Tamsin 7 · 0 1

dude youre smarter than Albert Einstein ... not thee Albert Einstein but another one.

2006-08-16 12:03:47 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

I answered this in another thread.

2006-08-17 23:26:04 · answer #10 · answered by Jerry M 3 · 0 0

I think you have too much time on your hands.

2006-08-16 12:06:10 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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