miz656
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| 14 Jan 2012 04:17 PM |
I was on youtube the other day, and this came up. There was a theory that 2*2 can equal 5. I looked at it and the creator of the problem made a HORRIBLE mistake. I found it but I just wanna see if you can find it. Up for the challenge?
A = 4 B = 5 C = 4
C = B-A/(B-A) C(B-A) = (B-A)^2 CB - CA = B^2-2AB + A^2/-A^2 CB - CA-A^2 = B^2 - 2AB/+AB AB+CB - CA-A^2 = B^2 - AB/-CB
AB - CA-A^ = B^2-CB-AB - - -
A*(B-C-A) = B*(B-C-A) Both c's are crossed
A = B
4 = 5
2*2 = 5
There's the problem. See what the person did wrong? |
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miz656
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| 14 Jan 2012 04:31 PM |
| Bump...Anyone know? Anyone? |
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| 14 Jan 2012 04:33 PM |
Im probably too young to do this but, ill give it a shot(99% wrong):
A = 4 B = 5 C = 4
C = B-A/(B-A)
How is C = B-A/(B-A)
4=5-4/(5-4)
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miz656
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| 14 Jan 2012 04:36 PM |
I was thinking that too. But then I thought of this theory.
A = 4 B = 5 C = 4
C = B-A/(B-A)
Maybe if both equals one then I was thinking maybe you had to cross muliply with C getting 4.
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| 14 Jan 2012 04:37 PM |
| Wait what? What do you mean cross multiply C to get 4 and WHAT!!?? |
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miz656
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| 14 Jan 2012 04:38 PM |
| Thing is the likes and dislikes were about equal when this was on youtube so that's why I was asking you guys. |
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| 14 Jan 2012 04:40 PM |
2*2 IS NOT 5!! Proof:
You have 2 groups of 2 apples in a group. You will see that the apples add up to 4 not 5. |
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miz656
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| 14 Jan 2012 05:07 PM |
@Penguine
You didn't look at the whole problem. And if you don't know what I mean then you can't answer my question. |
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jode6543
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| 14 Jan 2012 05:08 PM |
C = B-A/(B-A) 4 = 5-4/(5-4) 4 = 1/1 4 = 1 4 != 1
"Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one. -Bill Gates" |
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miz656
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| 14 Jan 2012 05:10 PM |
That's what I thought. Thanks jode.
Jeez! 20 people looked at this and couldn't figure that out:P |
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| 14 Jan 2012 05:11 PM |
@jode: no, order of operations
C = B-A/(B-A) 4 = 5-1/(5-4) 4 = 5-4 4 = 1 4 != 1
you get the same result, but yours doesnt use the correct order of operations
@miz: pretty sure anyone who actually bothered to look at the post could figure it out, but the rest of the people were like "oh its one of those stupid things thats like ololol 4=5 see if u can find out wats rong those are stupid im out peace" |
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| 14 Jan 2012 05:12 PM |
oops typo
C = B-A/(B-A) 4 = 5-4/(5-4) 4 = 5-4 4 = 1 4 != 1
thats better |
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miz656
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| 14 Jan 2012 05:14 PM |
@crazy
When I looked at this on youtube and saw half likes half dislikes I didn't realy know :l
I was really suprised it didn't get like 4,000 dislikes. SO I just asked. |
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