2 1 Proof Error

2 a 2 ab 2 multiply both sides by a.

2 1 proof error. The proof that 2 1. Or you can watch my video about the problem and its solution. Keep reading below for the solution. And cancelling the from both sides gives 1 2.

So here s the puzzle. This is a false proof of why 2 1 using a bit of differential calculus. I realised john hush did the same proof way earlier. 1 a b 1 given.

Proof that 1 2 see below what you do. Is there any mistake in the proof. I know this sounds crazy but if you follow the logic and don t already know the trick i think you ll find that the proof is pretty. Show your teen the proof.

Prove 2 1 using calculus. Then step 3. Can you find the mistake in the proof. This is a perfectly valid question since the op did not purport that 1 2 but merely sought the flaw in the proof.

If you like my videos you can support me a. Can you figure out where the mistake is. I have the proof that 2 1. Help her keep going until she understands the answer.

A proof using beginning algebra the fallacious proof. But every step seemed valid. Was 1 equals 2 correct or it is a mathematical logical fallacies. How to prove that 2 1.

Is there any mistake in the proof. 3 a 2 b 2 ab b 2 3 subtract b 2 from. Let s begin our journey into the bizarre world of apparently correct yet obviously absurd mathematical proofs by convincing ourselves that 1 1 1. This can be written as step 8.

See if you can figure out in which step the fallacy lies. She should determine both which number is wrong and why. Clearly this is a mistake. And therefore that 2 1.

Ask her to tell you which step is invalid.