How is this possible? (Math Problem)

[buddyjuf]

[madawgz]

is the guy on the right holding a used condom?

[buddyjuf]

is the guy on the right holding a used condom?

you really should find something else to do with your day...

[DamageX]

I believe something starts getting fucked around 4th row.

[Phoenix]

a=0

simple misdirection when you tried to cancel out the variable a

[High Plains Drifter]

On line 4 when you divide by (a-b), you're dividing by zero since a=b. Division by zero is undefined.

[slapass]

You cannot prove this while using the assumption to prove the proof.

[Fred Quimby]

This is correct 68% of the time.

28% of women know that.

[sickkittens]

We are all in a dream. Anything is possible.

[juve20]

fuck i've gt a sore head just lookin at that!

[buddyjuf]

On line 4 when you divide by (a-b), you're dividing by zero since a=b. Division by zero is undefined.

Exactly what I was thinking!

[Morgan]

On line 4 when you divide by (a-b), you're dividing by zero since a=b. Division by zero is undefined.

i think he's right...

row 4 is jacked up

[Penthouse Tony]

I believe something starts getting fucked around 4th row.

You see the ripple in the Matrix as well?

[biftek]

meh fucking algebra , that's shit pissed me off big time in high school

[Choppa]

yeah those algebraic rules they are following are not correct

on a more defined note if i have 5 apples and take away 4 apples i still have 5 apples

[The Demon]

wow at least some of you are intelligent

[nico-t]

math is fucking lame....

[GatorB]

(a+b) doesn't = b, a+a doesn't = a and 2a doesn't = a you twit. Substitute a REAL number and you'll see what crap that is.

[aico]

It's not, now get back to work

[soulbleed]

yeh divide by zero. lol at used condom comment

[GatorB]

yeh divide by zero. lol at used condom comment

There is no divsion in that. Please show me where the division is.

[smashface]

What soulbleed means is that to get to the final answer shown, you would have to divide both sides by a which is supposed to be assigned the value 0.

[Logan Videos]

What soulbleed means is that to get to the final answer shown, you would have to divide both sides by a which is supposed to be assigned the value 0.

(a+b)(a-b) = b(a-b)

How in hell did they come there? This is not equal at all!

(a+b) != b

So, even before making the division by 0, the equation is fucked up.

[smashface]

If you start off with the assumption that a=0 and b=0, the logic works until the end.

[Phoenix]

you can factor a-b out if you state it is not equal to zero

the issue for me is where they divide a out of the question

they should have brought it over and then factored it out to show that a=0

[DaddyHalbucks]

a+a=a only when a=0

Therefore 0=0

[Biggy]

On line 4 when you divide by (a-b), you're dividing by zero since a=b. Division by zero is undefined.

yup, line 3 is essentially saying 0 = 0. anything less itself is zero.

[High Plains Drifter]

The more formal definition of this invalid proof (ie. the one that isn't a sloppy photoshopped graphic) has the values 'a' and 'b' defined as non-zero qualities. Besides the division by zero, the proof is sound.

[B][SIZE="4"]Proof that 2 equals 1[/SIZE][/B]
Let a and b be equal non-zero quantities 
a = b 
Multiply through by a 
a² = ab 
Subtract b²  
a² minus b² = ab minus b²  
Factor both sides 
(a - b)(a + b) = b(a minus b) 
Divide out (a minus b) 
a + b = b 
Observing that a = b 
b + b = b 
Combine like terms on the left 
2b = b 
Divide by the non-zero b 
2 = 1 


The fallacy is in line 5: the progression from line 4 to line 5 involves division by (a minus b), which is zero since a equals b. Since division by zero is undefined, the argument is invalid.

[GatorB]

The more formal definition of this invalid proof (ie. the one that isn't a sloppy photoshopped graphic) has the values 'a' and 'b' defined as non-zero qualities. Besides the division by zero, the proof is sound.

No it's not. You can't avoid the divison by ZERO. If a=b and from 4 to line 5you are dividing out (a-b) you are ALWAYS going to get ZERO no matter what non-zero numbner you use for a and b in the beginning.

[GatorB]

you can factor a-b out if you state it is not equal to zero

It has too.

Use ANY number let's try 3

a=3 and a=b so b=3 so (a-b)=(3-3) which is ZERO.

[pornguy]

Didn't someone prove that 1+1=3???

[Webby]

Didn't someone prove that 1+1=3???

Yea... it was an affiliate trying to prove a sponsor was shaving.

[smashface]

To take a different route and disprove the logic, if on line 5 you were to subtract b from both sides, you would get a = 0.

[SilentKnight]

Damn...just when I discovered the infinite digit in Pi - along comes THIS problem.

[2HousePlague]

Non-linearity is a bitch.


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If not evolutionary, what then?

2hp

[Ivana Fukalot]

On line 4 when you divide by (a-b), you're dividing by zero since a=b. Division by zero is undefined.

yea, i agree

[nico-t]

now that you know it, how does it help you in real life besides wasting time?