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WRB852:

--- Quote from: fireball on October 01, 2009, 10:12:49 PM ---x=y
x^2=y^2
xy=y^2
xy-x^2=y^2-x^2
-x(x-y)=(x+y)(x-y)
-x=x+y
2x=y
2x=x
2=1
1=0

No me

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you can't divide by zero
LaCuckooRacha:

--- Quote from: fireball on October 01, 2009, 10:12:49 PM ---x=y
x^2=y^2
xy=y^2
xy-x^2=y^2-x^2
-x(x-y)=(x+y)(x-y)
-x=x+y
2x=y
2x=x
2=1
1=0

No me

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Lets go through that with numbers
x = 2 y = 2
2 = 2
2^2 = 2^2
2 x 2 = 2^2
2 x 2 - 2^2 = 2^2 - 2^2
-2 x (2 - 2) = (2 + 2) x (2 - 2)
-2 = (2 + 2)
-2 = 4

Really, all you need is;
-2 x (2 - 2) = (2 + 2) x (2 - 2)
because you can cancel the (2 - 2) from each side,
-2 = (2 + 2)
Meaning -2 = 4, -3 = 6, -4 = 8
O_o  Math class is meaningless.
Deep2:
The reason you can't divide by 0 is because zero is not a number. 0 is nothing at all, so how does it make sense to divide something by a non number? It's impossible.
Inv3rted:

--- Quote from: Deep2 on October 02, 2009, 11:56:23 AM ---The reason you can't divide by 0 is because zero is not a number. 0 is nothing at all, so how does it make sense to divide something by a non number? It's impossible.

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Zero is a number. It's an integer.
Deep2:

--- Quote from: Inv3rted on October 02, 2009, 11:58:53 AM ---Zero is a number. It's an integer.

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Then how come you can't have a positive OR negative zero?
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