6/23/2006

They call it "New Math": 2 = 1

a = b
a² = ab
a²-b² = ab-b²
(a+b)(a+b)= b(a-b)
(a+b)=b
a+a=a
2a=a
2=1

3 comments:

Matt said...

wow, there are so many things wrong with that math it's not funny. (well a little funny)

Matt said...

"a²-b² = ab-b²"
Is not the same as
"(a+b)(a+b)= b(a-b)"
Which is also not the same as
"(a+b)=b"

Anonymous said...

Actually,its supposed to be

(a+b)(a-b), making it "almost mathematically correct untill you divide both sides by (a-b), which is impossible since it would be dividing a number by "0".