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18 posted on 05/09/2014 9:01:53 AM PDT by Svartalfiar
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You only proved you cannot divide by zero.

(A-B) = 0


27 posted on 05/09/2014 9:10:11 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: Svartalfiar

RE: (A-B)(A+B) = B(A-B)

cancel the common factor on both sides

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What could go wrong if you divide 0 by 0?


31 posted on 05/09/2014 9:13:06 AM PDT by SeekAndFind (If at first you don't succeed, put it out for beta test.)
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To: Svartalfiar
You just just proved that you do can anything you want if you divide by zero! Your initial statement was that A=B, so A-B=0. Dividing by zero OK in modern math?
41 posted on 05/09/2014 9:21:09 AM PDT by Chemistry Ken
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A and B are ZERO
Step 7 is a division by zero which has no solution!


45 posted on 05/09/2014 9:25:06 AM PDT by BillM (.)
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I remember my geometry teacher showing us this problem. We were pretty quick though to catch it.


54 posted on 05/09/2014 9:34:46 AM PDT by cornfedcowboy
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To: Svartalfiar

The third equation is 0 = 0.


77 posted on 05/09/2014 11:30:07 AM PDT by Born to Conserve
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