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
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3 comments:

  1. MattFriday, June 23, 2006

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

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  2. MattFriday, June 23, 2006

    "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"

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  3. AnonymousWednesday, June 28, 2006

    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".

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