I love this problem so much, I saw a lot of people being confused over it so I’m going to explain it. This problem is a hypothesis. It is an “if-then” it is if a=b then 2=1; however a does not equal b, if it did then a would simply equal a because b would be a <3 I love math 

I love this problem so much, I saw a lot of people being confused over it so I’m going to explain it.

This problem is a hypothesis. It is an “if-then”
it is if a=b then 2=1; however a does not equal b, if it did then a would simply equal a because b would be a

<3

I love math 

∞  05/05/10
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    Actually no. The reason...divides by zero giving NaN = NaN You see,
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    if a=b, then a-b=0. Therefore 2(0)=0. YAY MATH.
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    i got confused. cause i suck.
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    Good thing we’ve studied basic algebra at 4th year highschool… This is obviously a trick question. Look closely and I’ll...
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    If in the last step we assume a-b = x, relook at the problem. 2(X)=X or 2X=X. Hows can this be? Oh yeah, because X...
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    Lol dividing by zero
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    no one knows how i love math :]
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    - b = 0, dividing by...simply denotes that you divided by zero, which is undefined. this...
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    Shemay. Pano daw?!! :)))) Pero inenjoy