you're an accountant, right?
2006-08-16 05:02:39
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answer #1
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answered by monkey 5
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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
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answer #2
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answered by Bob 5
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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
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answer #3
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answered by cottoneyej31 2
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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
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answer #4
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answered by wizard8100@sbcglobal.net 5
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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
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answer #5
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answered by Minh 6
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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
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answer #6
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answered by Obilee 4
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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
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answer #7
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answered by Suzanne: YPA 7
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Looks like biblical logic. haha
2006-08-16 12:55:36
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answer #8
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answered by Tamsin 7
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dude youre smarter than Albert Einstein ... not thee Albert Einstein but another one.
2006-08-16 12:03:47
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answer #9
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answered by Anonymous
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I answered this in another thread.
2006-08-17 23:26:04
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answer #10
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answered by Jerry M 3
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I think you have too much time on your hands.
2006-08-16 12:06:10
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answer #11
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answered by Anonymous
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