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Title: Riddle me this?
Post by: jigsaw on February 21, 2003, 02:21 PM

Is 1=1+1 ????
a=x
ax=x^2
ax-a^2=x^2-a^2
a(x-a)=(x-a)(x+a)
a=x+a
What did go wrong ??

Title: Re: Riddle me this?
Post by: l)ragon on February 21, 2003, 08:52 PM

QuoteIs 1=1+1 ????
a=x
ax=x^2
ax-a^2=x^2-a^2
a(x-a)=(x-a)(x+a)
a=x+a
What did go wrong ??

what is the starting question 8\

Title: Re: Riddle me this?
Post by: iago on February 21, 2003, 10:27 PM

Quotea(x-a)=(x-a)(x+a)
What did go wrong ??

You're dividing both sides by zero.

Woo, I beat Yoni to answering! :)

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