Everything you thought is wrong

sarutobi · 18 Dec 2006 at 00:12

Ill start off with a simple statement: 2=1.

Its true, look here:

if a=b then

a²=ab
a²-b²=ab-b²
(a-b)(a+b)=b(a-b)
a+b=b
b+b=b
2b=b
so
2=1

If you think thats bad, 0=1 ! which means that on=off, yes=no, false=true...

0=0+0+0...
0=(1-1)+(1-1)+(1-1)...
then when you move the parenthesis
0=1+(-1+1)+(-1+1)+(-1+1)...
0=1+0+0+0...
therefore
0=1

And what about our money system. all our money is worth nothing that we thought it was

£1=100p
=(10p)²
=(£0.10)²
=£0.01
=1p

and if we can still agree that 0=1 then 1p=0p so we are all infact broke

and we teach this stuff in schools :eek:

yhack · 18 Dec 2006 at 00:13

I really am broke so...

Tony Williams · 18 Dec 2006 at 00:13

So what's 2x2?

gord · 18 Dec 2006 at 00:18

The money one doesnt work.. 1 != 100.. thats just breaking maths..

sarutobi · 18 Dec 2006 at 00:21

gord said:
The money one doesnt work.. 1 != 100.. thats just breaking maths..

lol thats exactly what all the above equations prove

Al Vallario · 18 Dec 2006 at 00:21

theDave said:
And what about our money system. all our money is worth nothing that we thought it was

£1=100p
=(10p)²

Where p=2:

100p = (100*2) = 200
(10p)² = 10p*10p = (10*2)*(10*2) = 20*20= 400

Therefore 100p != (10p)² (Except where p=1)

I'm sure the others are equally incorrect

Edit:

theDave said:
a+b=b
b+b=b

Nice try

*av

Locrian · 18 Dec 2006 at 00:27

gord said:
The money one doesnt work.. 1 != 100.. thats just breaking maths..

Im sure the first one doesn't work either. By introducing -b^2 on either side all you are doing is stating 0=0, then you divide 0 by 0, which isn't definable.

Smithy · 18 Dec 2006 at 00:32

theDave said:
a²=ab

Incorrect. a² = a.a

theDave said:
then when you move the parenthesis
0=1+(-1+1)+(-1+1)+(-1+1)...

Eh?

theDave said:
=(10p)²
=(£0.10)²

That step is so mathematically wrong, it hurts.

theDave said:
and we teach this stuff in schools

No we dont, we teach maths in school. What you posted there was utter nonsense.

sarutobi · 18 Dec 2006 at 00:37

Smithy said:
No we dont, we teach maths in school. What you posted there was utter nonsense.

well i cant take all the credit

http://www.futilitycloset.com/2005/07/09/proof-that-2-equals-1/

Burned_Alive · 18 Dec 2006 at 00:37

Spectacular maths, did you read it before you pasted it here?

sarutobi · 18 Dec 2006 at 00:39

erm yes i did, read the post above urs

benjo · 18 Dec 2006 at 00:39

lol sorry

Did you say they teach this in school? Must have been asleep :/

What is the OP trying to show?

Inquisitor · 18 Dec 2006 at 00:48

What :/

That's not maths, it's rubbish.

Stellios · 18 Dec 2006 at 00:51

Oh how i love to hate mathematicians.

Doohickey · 18 Dec 2006 at 01:53

What the hell...

theDave said:
0=0+0+0...
0=(1-1)+(1-1)+(1-1)...
then when you move the parenthesis
0=1+(-1+1)+(-1+1)+(-1+1)...

Err, yeah. That's like me saying 1+1=2. BUT if I changed the + to a -...OMGZZZZWTF it = 0

Dave · 18 Dec 2006 at 02:01

theDave said:
Ill start off with a simple statement: 2=1.

Its true, look here:

if a=b then

. . .

(a-b)(a+b)=b(a-b)

. . .

But (a-b) = 0 as a = b, and dividing by 0 is a big no-can-do!

yer_averagejoe · 18 Dec 2006 at 02:14

hahaha oh dear.

edit.. ill leave it

Phalanx · 18 Dec 2006 at 02:15

maths is flawed.

2 x 2 = 4
-2 x -2 = 4

wtf?

Inquisitor · 18 Dec 2006 at 02:19

Phalanx said:
maths is flawed.

2 x 2 = 4
-2 x -2 = 4

wtf?

This forum is blue.

Wtf? It's broken.

edit: my bad, excuse the sarcasm

yer_averagejoe · 18 Dec 2006 at 02:19

Phalanx said:
maths is flawed.

2 x 2 = 4
-2 x -2 = 4

wtf?

what? think about it for a minute.

2 x -2 = -4

to times that by -1 send its right back and cancels the negative :confused:

whats not to get?