Math question.. Is this possible?
Mataichi
13-06-2006, 06:59
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The Zoogie People
13-06-2006, 07:02
Of course, my friend. Anything is possible with math! Yay!
[edit] Woah, I'm sorry, I didn't see the whole Flash thing. Just say the end screen where it said 64=65 ? Heh. In that case, I revise my reply. It should now read, "Lies! All lies!"
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I've seen the other one like this. The thing is that the peices do not line up perfectly and there are a frew empty spaces.
Im a ninja
13-06-2006, 07:06
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8x8= 8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8=64
[NS]Liasia
13-06-2006, 07:07
Someone tried to prove to me using some bs algebra once that 1=2 or somethin- just proved to me that you can make even stupid processes seem reasonable if your audience can't follow what you're doing.
Monkeypimp
13-06-2006, 07:07
I've seen the other one like this. The thing is that the peices do not line up perfectly and there are a frew empty spaces.
You can clearly see that the lines don't line up properly.
Anglachel and Anguirel
13-06-2006, 07:09
Yeah, the pieces don't line up properly but it makes it look like they do, so it appears that they've created a paradox.
You can actually do it on paper and form the second rectangle, but if you measure the sides with a ruler, they will not be exactly 5 x 13.
UpwardThrust
13-06-2006, 07:29
Yeah, the pieces don't line up properly but it makes it look like they do, so it appears that they've created a paradox.
You can actually do it on paper and form the second rectangle, but if you measure the sides with a ruler, they will not be exactly 5 x 13.
Yeah it does not take much on each term to make the product off by one
Egg and chips
13-06-2006, 08:17
Liasia']Someone tried to prove to me using some bs algebra once that 1=2 or somethin- just proved to me that you can make even stupid processes seem reasonable if your audience can't follow what you're doing.
1=2:
a = b ---Let's pick two equal numbers, a and b.
a^2 = a b ---Multiply both sides by a.
a^2 - b^2 = a b - b^2 ---Subtract b^2 from both sides.
(a - b)(a + b) = b (a - b) ---Factor each side using algebra.
a + b = b ---Cancel the common factor on both sides
b + b = b ; 2b = b ---Substitute a = b (step 1) and simplify
2 = 1 ---Divide both sides by b
While I'm at it: 0=1
(n+1)^2 = n^2+2n+1 ---FOIL or expand binomial square
(n+1)^2 - (2n+1) = n^2 ---Subtraction Principle of Equality
(n+1)^2 - (2n+1) - n(2n+1)= n^2 - n(2n+1) ---ditto
(n+1)^2 - (n+1)(2n+1) =n^2 - n(2n+1) ---expanding and factoring
(n+1)2-(n+1)(2n+1)+(2n+1)^2/4 =n^2-n(2n+1)+(2n+1)^2/4 ---see'ditto'
[(n+1)-(2n+1)/2]^2 = [n-(2n+1)/2]^2 ---A little algebra
(n+1) - (2n+1)/2 = n - (2n+1)/2 ---square roots
n+1 = n ---the euclidean ditto again
1 = 0 ---You go, Euclid!
and of course, 4=5
-20=-20 ---...right?
16 - 36 = 25 - 45 ---gettin' tricky
4^2 - 2*4*9/2 + (9/2)^2 = 5^2 - 2*5*9/2 + (9/2)^2 ---fiddling around
---(added (9/2)^2 on both sides)
---(rewrote 36 = 2*4*9/2; 45 = 2*5*9/2)
(4 - 9/2)^2 = (5 - 9/2)^2 ---factoring never looked so cool
4 - 9/2 = 5 - 9/2 ---take square root... ---9/2 gets cancelled out
4 = 5