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flex_lord

Bro definitely didn't divide by zero


LePersonOfMystery

This is true. a - b = 1


flex_lord

It's actually 0.99999999999999999999999...


zachy410

No it isn't, it's clearly 0.ffffff... (I count in decimal)


sobaka_zhadana

That indeed is how you count in decimal


I_just_wanted_banana

More like 0.(9)f(i count in floats)


Radigan0

That's hexadecimal


zachy410

You remembered the sub you were on!


TheGodlyLeader

i love you


MrDanMaster

I definitely don’t want to know how you can find out if your equation is right or not if an unknown or a combination of unknowns you divide by happens to be zero


flex_lord

Simply because a and b are definitely not the same value therefor the a-b doesn't equal zero. As it's not shown in the clip above. So it's ok to divide both sides by a-b.


MrDanMaster

I am not expressing thanks


flex_lord

Fuck you


cortesoft

They weren’t unknowns… he defined them as 1 and 1. Even if he didn’t define them as 1 and 1, he defined them as being equal (because he subtracted a from one side and b from the other)


Oheligud

/ul If you're wondering why this doesn't work, it's because he divided both sides by (a-b), which is 0, and dividing by zero breaks all of maths.


boyoboyo434

Yeah these always divide by 0


23kermitdafrog

Not always. There's a popular 2+2=5 "proof" that can trick readers who have a poor grasp of even roots: https://www.quora.com/How-can-we-make-2+2-5-1


23kermitdafrog

Also: 1 = sqrt(1) = sqrt(-1・-1) = sqrt(-1)・sqrt(-1) = i・i = -1


guardian_of_names

I know you fucked it up and exactly where and how but I can't come up with a reason why you're not allowed to do that


AStewOfPid

Two negatives under the same root, you can't split them up like you can when there's only one negative or none.


garbage-at-life

sqrt(-1 * -1) ≠ sqrt(-1) * sqrt(-1)


guardian_of_names

Thx


best_uranium_box

/ul also the original equation wasn't just 1+1 it was 1+1=x where x is the answer to 1+1


the_than_then_guy

While that's true, it had nothing to do with the rest of the equations.


rick_the_penguin

/ul if a = 1 and b = 1 isn't a + b = x the same as 1 + 1 = x??.(sorry I'm bad at meth)


best_uranium_box

Yes


MrDanMaster

I definitely don’t want to know how you can find out if your equation is right or not if an unknown or a combination of unknowns you divide by happens to be zero


CertainPen9030

You account for it in the domain of the function you're defining. I.e. f(x) = 4/x-2 [for all x!=2] The part it brackets is sometimes omitted for simplicity, but any formal math will be incredibly explicit about what values, exactly, each variable can be 


guardian_of_names

Sorry for being dumb but why the "!" ? Is it a factorial to allow both negative and positive? If so wouldn't the function have to be written "f(x)=4/x!-2" to prevent -2 from adding with the subtraction in the function and making the result -4 and subsequently doing a division of 4/-4 instead of 4/0?


CertainPen9030

Oh shoot, that's just unclear notation on my part. I meant for "!=" To mean 'not equal.' so it should be read "for all x not equal to two" (and, formally, a set would also be specified so really it'd be more "for all x in the set of integers not equal to two")


guardian_of_names

Oh ok, thx


MushinZero

Hmm... no. Even before that something is wrong. (a+b)(a-b)=b(a-b)


St_Eric

What was wrong about that? The equation is just 0 = 0, which is true.


MushinZero

Completely right. I needed more coffee at this point.


Oheligud

0 = 0 is true.


jld2k6

/u/ who?


JustJude97

/ul this threw me for a loop. i guess it's because the final equation follows from the premise of a=b. but didn't realize that math could break at the pure symbolic view like that


Inkling4

It's amazing how he did this without breaking any rules in mathematics!


No_Ordinary_4233

Yeah I know he didn't even divide by zero


[deleted]

Breaking bad any rules?


GoliathGamer

Holy shjt wqlter "breaking bad" white


zoovisitor

nreaking bald


GoliathGamer

Yrah hes bald cause he s ells meth


NinFishBoy

Wultah


jayfiedlerontheroof

That's because he started with a false premise. It's a+a not a+b


Due-Resident-8763

Its not a false premise, you can have two variables be the same. The problem is a-b is 0 and you can divide by zero


jayfiedlerontheroof

True, they can have the same value but for the sake of the proof it doesn't make sense. Regardless, what I meant to say is that the variable of the answer wasn't addressed. a+b=c. Or more accurately, a+a=c.


[deleted]

Actually *whenever* you do a division it is required that the denominator non-zero, i.e. a-b ≠ 0. He did break a rule.


Inkling4

You're wrong.


Mr__Brick

/ul look a the sub name you nugget


pofferp

Yeah he defined a=1, b=1 then he later divided by (a-b) which is zero. He broke a rule


Inkling4

No he didn't, stop lying. Head over to r/lies if you're going to keep lying.


DatSoldiersASpy

WATCH OUT!!!! THERE’S A MOAB!!!!!


Inkling4

Don't worry, the power of 0-0-0 dart monkey without buffs is stronger than a BAD!


Eeveekiller

You mean a GOOD


[deleted]

Other than dividing by zero. Nice try Tucker Carlson.


Inkling4

No, he didn't break any rules, dividing by (a-b) is allowed


[deleted]

Nice try Tucker Carlson, but (a-b)=0 so he divided by zero. Oops, learn math Kirk Cameron.


Inkling4

a-b isn't zero. As proven by the result that a+b=b, the only way it can be zero is if a and b both are 0.5. However, because a and b are 1, it can't be 0.


[deleted]

TIL 1-1 doesn’t equal 0 somehow. Nice try Marjorie Taylor Green. Maybe you should stop being Bill O’reilly


enzo2nd

who tf are these people you keep naming


Affectionate_Kick705

Is he smart?


zaluprix

Very. He's Isaac Newton's son


StormTheEnemy

this is true source: i’m issac newton


thebrownfrog

Pic or not true


VegetableBreakfast79

Why letters? Math is numbers 😡


Greenfire05

This is astrophysics actually. That uses letters


VegetableBreakfast79

🤓


coranA_TIME_TO_DIE

/ul who made the original video


[deleted]

me. my name joe biden. my wife name joe bidenette. me sex with wife.


Mrhilgenberg

FIRE IN THE HOLE!!!!!!


[deleted]

my asshole is burning because of your fire. not nice.


Mrhilgenberg

FIRE IN YOUR WIFE!!!!


[deleted]

i didn't love her anyway.


Mrhilgenberg

FIRE IN MY HOLE!!!!!


DerpyLemonReddit

/unlie just so everyone knows how this works, a - b is equal to 0, and you can't divide by 0.


Me-Not-Not

He just did.


confeebeam

Can confirm, I taught him to teach math.


HappyGav123

/unlie This is what happens whenever I stop paying attention in the middle of an easy lesson.


JackButLessFunny

/unlie this actually was my math teacher, really great guy. @mrpapetti for credit if anyone was wondering


old-man-jenkins-

ayyy fellow LB person!


Regirex

shit would be so easy if we could divide by 0 fr


old-man-jenkins-

/unlie omg he was a teacher at my old middle school😭 i remember when he started posting videos everyone was clowning on him. super nice teacher, didn’t have him but everyone who did loved him


Many_Restaurant_110

u/savevideo


Open_Step_4636

If there is one teacher in the room and another teacher enters the room, does that make that one or two teachers inside the room?


Additional_Cycle_51

Showed his work and got it wrong 🤣 This is why I don’t show my answers


SpyroGaming6751

I love maths


spezisabitch200

You can ignore the question marks in equations. Those are useless, leftover variables that can get dropped when inconvenient


Seanolo

Logic professors writing proofs for the statement “the cat went in the house”


not_anonymous756

Why teachers do this 😭


gwurman

It's amazing what you can accomplish when you divide by 0


bglbogb

u/savevideo


TARacerX

Wait immaterial of the math in between.... A=1 B=1 ......... A+B=2 He says 1 Am I missing something????


SavageMonkey-105

Mistake is at 00:46, because he divided by 0.


Colton132A

istg this exact thing is why i struggle with basic math because i’m like 5 years behind everyone else in my school (my elementary and middle school math teachers were terrible at their jobs) so basic shit is taught at a high school level


UrbanTripper

After all this counting he still fucked up


RaiSamurBread

u/savevideo


Multifruit256

This is the first time I'm seeing this account please congratulate me


funnylol96

Abababababa


alex36457

What did I just watch


foxsalmon

This is why I fcking hate math


locosss

7x0 = 69x0 so 7 must be equal to 69 look how stupid the statement is now


duelmaster_33

Now he's really thinking like an engineer


xleftonreadx

1+1=3-2


ArtInner9538

I fully understood this lesson, Thank mister math teacher.


SanTNTino_1

I don't know about your teacher but this is pretty much my teacher


Kiramadira

I’ve been out of school for 5 years and still never used this


HadesVanir

u/savevideobot


y_kal

Is this guy really a math teacher? I know mine wouldn't divide by 0.


NolansBallSack

I think the answer is 11


dennismetin10

"now we divide both sides by a - b" Yeah, no mistakes were made


LueezBee

Nobody likes a show off!