On Wed, 15 Mar 2000 rgoldber@d.umn.edu wrote:
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> a = b
> a^2 = ab
> a^2 - b^2 = ab - b^2
> (a + b)(a - b) = b(a - b)
Here's your error: (a-b) = 0, thus the next step is wrong.
> a + b = b
> 2b = b
> 2 = 1
> !
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> Ryan
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