A89: Re: Re: C question... actually two C questions...
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A89: Re: Re: C question... actually two C questions...
Hi!
> Pat Davidson criticises me for saying 3=4...
3=4 may be easily proven: let start from obvious 9-21=16-28:
9 - 21 = 16 - 28 / + 49/4
9 - 21 + 49/4 = 16 - 28 + 49/4 / factoring
3^2 - 2*3*7/2 + (7/2)^2 = 4^2 - 2*4*7/2 + (7/2)^2 / collecting
(3 - 7/2)^2 = (4 - 7/2)^2 / sqrt
3 - 7/2 = 4 - 7/2 / + 7/2
3 = 4 / Proven!
Of course, everyone who wants a passable mark from mathematics
must find an error in this "proof" in less than one minute (but
without help of TI-89)... Try to generalize this to "prove" that
a=b for any a and b... Sorry for this "off-topic", this is just
for fun... If you want more "proofs" for 3=4, tell me so...
Cheers,
Zeljko Juric
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