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lolcakes52

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okay guys, when I first saw this I was dumbfounded but now I know its proof that all the mathematics we know is WRONG!

okay so suppose:
x=y
then
xy=y^2
xy-x^2=y^2-x^2
x(y-x)=(y-x)(y+x)
x=y+x
but x=y
so x=2x
and 1=2!
 

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You can't divide both sides by y-x.
 

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it is proven that 1=2
so 2=1+1=1+2=3, 3=2+1=2+2=4, 4=5,5=6...
then 1=2=3=...=n

 

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APRIL FOOLS! even though no one fell for it :(
Should've posted it in the General Maths forum, some of the kids there would've been like "OMG IT'S TRUE. WHAT'S GOING ON?!?!?!?!?!"

Some. Not all. Some.
 

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Should've posted it in the General Maths forum, some of the kids there would've been like "OMG IT'S TRUE. WHAT'S GOING ON?!?!?!?!?!"

Some. Not all. Some.
There is still time. It isn't in general in a second.
 

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okay guys, when I first saw this I was dumbfounded but now I know its proof that all the mathematics we know is WRONG!


...and 1=2
ha ha, yeah, but only for sufficiently large values of 1!
 
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ha ha, yeah, but only for sufficiently large quantities of 1!
I lol'd so hard and uncontrollably..

Not quite sure whether it's because of sleep deprivation or because it's legit funny.
 

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