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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Narnia
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A small trick:
Let a=b Then ab=b^2 Then ab-a^2=b^2-a^2 Factoring, we get a(b-a)=(b+a)(b-a) Dividing out this (b-a), we get a=b+a But b=a Hence a=2a, or 1=2 What/where did it go wrong? And also: No dog has five legs, but any dog has hour legs more than no dog; hence a dog has nine legs.
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