Thread: I Can Prove That 2 + 2 = 5, And I Will!

Originally Posted by Universal

Huh? If I were using satire, wouldn't good math make my point non-satirical? "I can prove that 2 + 2 = 4! Give me a few years." How would that parallel the points being satirized, if I were into that sort of thing? It WOULD because 2 + 2 is NOT 4!!!

I said earlier I will give my explanation by the end of 2014. It might be more like 2019. I'm going to bed. My foot hurts. I have exams. I am busy with work. I am stranded on an island. I spend half of my time in temple and mosque. I have mad cow disease. My grandchildren are staying with me. I'm grounded. My computer doesn't work. I am in a South Pole jail.
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Haha. You sound familiar

I see two apples.
I see two more apples.
I see four apples.


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Math is weird, ¿no?

Originally Posted by Xnyper

There is indeed a proof out there that seems to prove that 2 + 2 = 5, and it is not about rounding. Whenever anything is rounded you need to accept a degree of error within your answer, in this case that degree of error is 1.

I'll admit that I didn't see the satire at first (though if I had gotten here through the forum, instead of a wayward search, I'd like to think that I would have gotten it).

But, I started this post with the intent of showing you how its done... and though I see the futility, I plan to follow through. The said proof goes like this:

two variables are set equal
X = Y
Add X to both sides
X + X = Y + X
Simplify
2X = X + Y
subtract 2Y from both sides
2X - 2Y = X + Y - 2Y
simplify
2X-2Y = X - Y
Factor
2(X - Y) = 1(X - Y)
Devide both sides by (X - Y)
2 = 1
Add 1 to both sides
3 = 2
Add 2 to both sides
5 = 2 + 2
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No, thats a common mistake.

two variables are set equal
X = Y 1=1
Add X to both sides
X + X = Y + X 1+1 = 1+1
Simplify
2X = X + Y 2(1)=1+1
subtract 2Y from both sides
2X - 2Y = X + Y - 2Y 2(1)-2(1) = 1 + 1 - 2(1)
simplify
2X-2Y = X - Y 2(1)-2(1) = 1 - 1
Factor
2(X - Y) = 1(X - Y) 2(1-1)=1(1-1)

Meaing:
2(0)=1(0)
0=0
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Originally Posted by ExoByte

No, thats a common mistake.
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Captain Obvious to the rescue!

EDIT: Captain Spelling to the rescue rescue!

Your avatars color is off...

Originally Posted by ExoByte

Your avatars color is off...
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I'd fix it if I wasn't too lazy XD

Originally Posted by Arachanox

I see two apples.
I see two more apples.
I see four apples.
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That's eight apples. I mean... nine apples.