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Grumpy's Algebraic therory
DrMobius:
--- Quote from: fireball on October 01, 2009, 10:12:49 PM ---2x=x
2=1
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That is a simple way to break algebra. 2=1 is of course the result of dividing x from both equations to determine where they are equal. 2=1 only holds true if x=0.
fireball:
x=y
x=x
1=1
Dividing by x wasn't what really broke the problem though. Dividing by x is normally perfectly legal unless it has been forced to equal 0.
2x=x
2=1
It only broke by dividing by x there because I already divided by x-y a few steps prior which can only equal 0. It changed the graph of the line from y=x [an infinite number of solutions] to a single point [Only one solution, (0,0)] and since x can now only equal 0 at that step, dividing by 0 a second time only breaks it even more and changes it again from one solution to no solution.
Deoxy99:
--- Quote from: Deoxy99 on October 02, 2009, 10:55:13 PM ---Are you answering the problem? That problem is not algebra! It is a puzzle I made up!
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I was talking about MINE:
--- Quote from: Deoxy99 on October 02, 2009, 10:52:47 PM ---Okay...you are observing a box that looks like it is 75% off the building but not tilting! You run up to fix it! And now you see it moving! Why could that be?
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I know what algebra is! x+y=z
Sheezy:
--- Quote from: Deoxy99 on October 03, 2009, 07:06:14 PM ---I was talking about MINE:
I know what algebra is! x+y=z
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what are x, y, and z supposed to represent though
unless your doing some type of odd 3d graph that makes no sense.
Jsk2003:
ITT: Morons.