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I Can Prove That...

Nukora

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...1=2

 

Let x be equal to 1 and y be equal to 1.

 

Multiplying the equation x=1 by y we get xy=y

 

Multiplying the equation y=1 by y we get y2=y

 

Because both xy and y2 are equal to y, xy=y2

 

Subtracting x2 from both sides of the equation we get (xy-x2)=(y2-x2)

 

Factoring it out results in the following: x(y-x)=(y+x)(y-x)

 

Dividing by (y-x) we get: x=y+x

 

Thus, 1=1+1

 

1=2

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:Yami:

*Eyes twitch then head implodes(exploding is really repetitive)*

Well that's what I get for not paying attention in math.

 

*Yami*

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ToM Dracone

Erased indeed. :P (*knows that will probably be erased*)

 

By the way, you missed some coding, and typed 's' instead of 'x', in the fifth line.

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Nukora
I'm sure I could solve it, but I don't recognize some of the stuff on the longest line. Do explain?

 

:w:

Oh. I messed up a BBCode and made a tyop. It should be fixed now.

 

Erased indeed. :P (*knows that will probably be erased*)

 

By the way, you missed some coding, and typed 's' instead of 'x', in the fifth line.

Thanks. Fixed both of those.

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Nukora
Alright. It's over. I'll tell you what ToM and Windy knew this whole time. The problem is caused when I divided by (y-x). Because both x and y are equal to 1 (my age!), y-x=0. Dividing by zero is a crime worthy of being sentenced to the pit (Hey, already there, don't start hopping). Now you know why.
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Nukora
No. Because in the proof X was equal to 1 and Y was equal to one. And using 1 and 1 instead of X and Y would make everybody realize what was going on before they thought about it for a while. There's no fun in that.
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Argetlam

I've seen this before, and in many different ways. It's still cool nonetheless, but I believe that the problem is that x and y need to be different numbers for it to be "x and y". Otherwise, shouldn't it be "x and x" or "y and y"? :o Oh well. Yeah, I know this comment is really late compared to the rest, but I saw one person comment in it today, so I thought I would too. :P

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Aanchir
I've seen this before, and in many different ways. It's still cool nonetheless, but I believe that the problem is that x and y need to be different numbers for it to be "x and y". Otherwise, shouldn't it be "x and x" or "y and y"? :o Oh well. Yeah, I know this comment is really late compared to the rest, but I saw one person comment in it today, so I thought I would too. :P

 

Not necessarily, plenty of equations exist as simple as "y=x". That one happens to be present in this system oif equations.

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Argetlam
Still searching for a loophole...

The loophole is that Nukora ended up dividing by 0 in the equation, something that is impossible to do in math.

 

Dispite how old this entry is, I feel as though Nukora will end up editing my comment anyway.

 

*waits and watches*

 

Argy

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