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#76 2005-04-25 04:04:11

Mr T
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Re: Can this be possible?

SURE. a "friendly" chat.


I come back stronger than a powered-up Pac-Man big_smile
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#77 2005-04-25 21:57:33

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Re: Can this be possible?

dude your called mrT for gods sake you think you are a T.V star  but did you know that mr T went bankrupt and now does not own his gold coloured pots and pans


the allmighty spatula * want a tip* dont eat yellow snow: the meaning of life is a number and that number is 1

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#78 2005-05-03 05:38:25

Mr T
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actually i was originally called WTF but then my name was changed foo'


I come back stronger than a powered-up Pac-Man big_smile
I bought a large popcorn @ the cinema the other day, it was pretty big...some might even say it was "large
cool Fatboy Slim is a Legend cool

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#79 2005-05-07 10:51:14

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Re: Can this be possible?

About the problem 1=0

Let's take this for exapmle:
a=a
a+a-a=a  , now devide it with a+a
1-a/(a+a)=a/(a+a)
1=1 correct
but if you devide it with a-a then you have
(a-a)/(a-a)+a/(a-a)=a/(a-a)        (a-a)/(a-a) > 0/0 THIS IS NOT  EQUAL TO 1 so we do not have the problem 1=0. If we presume that 0/0=0 than equation would be correct, and it is the only way for it to be correct. SO:
0+a/(a-a)=a/(a-a).Is it true that 0/0=0 - my calculator doesn't think so. ????
The same problem occurred when you(administrator) devided (a-b) and (a-b) where a=b. You calculated that it equals 1 but it is incorrect.
But what I can not solve is the first problem where everithing is ok until this:
x^2-1=x-1 - this is also ok because we said that x=1
(x+1)(x-1)=x-1 - this is also ok - my appologies
THE SAME PROBLEM AS BEFORE 0/0 is not 1
I hope this was helpful

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#80 2005-05-07 19:11:49

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Re: Can this be possible?

This one, Milos?

Roraborealis wrote:

My maths tutor told me this, and I'm very curious about it. Every time I try to follow it, I get confused. It apparently proves that 1=0.
x=1.
Multiply both sides by x and you get
x^2=x
Take away 1 from each side which becomes
x^2-1=x-1
This can also be expressed as
(x+1)+(x-1)=x-1
Divide each side by x-1 and the answer is:
x+1=1
From this, you can see that x=0. But at the beginning I said that x=1. It has therefore been proved that 1=0.

Is this a trick?

Isn't it just because we are dividing by zero again? "Divide each side by x-1", but we stated that x=1?


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#81 2005-05-07 20:04:57

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Yes that is corret. The same mistake as it was before. My calculation in second pard wasn't good. (x+1)(x-1)=x-1  , x=1 so THIS IS ALSO CORRECT, but I realised that this morning - my appologies.

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#82 2005-05-07 20:19:36

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Re: Can this be possible?

Are you a mathematician?


School is practice for the future. Practice makes perfect. But - nobody's perfect, so why practice?

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#83 2005-05-30 23:15:24

Mr T
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Re: Can this be possible?

no...he is a donkey taken back in time by Dr. Who roll


I come back stronger than a powered-up Pac-Man big_smile
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#84 2005-07-08 06:03:03

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Re: Can this be possible?

Riiiiiiight...........


School is practice for the future. Practice makes perfect. But - nobody's perfect, so why practice?

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#85 2005-07-08 18:50:28

Jai Ganesh
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Re: Can this be possible?

Milos wrote:

Yes that is corret. The same mistake as it was before. My calculation in second pard wasn't good. (x+1)(x-1)=x-1  , x=1 so THIS IS ALSO CORRECT, but I realised that this morning - my appologies.

Choose arbitrary a and b, and let t = a + b. Then
a + b = t
(a + b)(a - b) = t(a - b)
a^2 - b^2 = ta - tb
a^2 - ta = b^2 - tb
a^2 - ta + (t^2)/4 = b^2 - tb + (t^2)/4
(a - t/2)^2 = (b - t/2)^2
a - t/2 = b - t/2
a = b

This fallacy arises as a result of taking the square-root of both sides of an equation.


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#86 2005-07-08 20:04:00

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Re: Can this be possible?

Why isn't that allowed? It is because of the ± or something?


Why did the vector cross the road?
It wanted to be normal.

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#87 2005-07-08 23:41:43

Jai Ganesh
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Re: Can this be possible?

You are right! -n is not equal to n, if n ≠ 0


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#88 2005-07-09 21:42:34

Jai Ganesh
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Re: Can this be possible?

This one I found in a jokes website:-

Theorem: 3=4
Proof:

Suppose:
a + b = c

This can also be written as:
4a - 3a + 4b - 3b = 4c - 3c

After reorganizing:
4a + 4b - 4c = 3a + 3b - 3c

Take the constants out of the brackets:
4 * (a+b-c) = 3 * (a+b-c)

Remove the same term left and right:
4 = 3

PS:- In the penultimate step, we multiply 4 and 3 with (a+b-c), which is actually zero! This leads to the absurd conclusion!!


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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