Algebra Shmalgebra

[thisiskyle]

Find the mistake:
a=b
2a=a+b
2a-2b=a-b
2(a-b)=(a-b)
2=1
QED

[SirDickusBacillus]

step 2

whats QED?

[thisiskyle]

nope.
add "a" to both sides

Quod erat demonstrandum (Latin: what had to be proved or what was to be demonstrated)

[sonofobed]

2(a-b)=(a-b)

you can't divide by zero.

[thisiskyle]

victory!

[sonofobed]

I took way, way too many math classes in college, lol.

[SirDickusBacillus]

I took one and a hell of a lot of Literature and Inglush.

[sonofobed]

Glad to see you are using it to its full potential here in Japan.

[jessen100]

After taking a calculus course in my first semester of college, i thought to myself...

"What am i going to do with this calculus?"

i didnt take any more math.

[sonofobed]

Lol, I started out as a Biomedical engineer, and had to take calc 1&2, Multivarible calc (Kinda calc 3), differential equations, and a whole slew of engineering classes that applied all of the above. It was fun, but insanely tough.

[jessen100]

yea, i studied japanese.

unless i want to get into translating my calc 3 book(i do not), i think ill be fine.
i think id be fine anyways though tbo.