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gmag21 · 09-19-2009, 12:28 AM

Question #1

If A=1 and B=1 ... Then that means.....

A² = BA
A²-B² = BA - B²
(A-B)(A+B) = B(A-B)
(A-B)(A+B) / (A-B) = B(A-B) / (A-B)
[A-B's cancel out]
A+B = B
2 = 1

2 cannot equal 1. Why? (There is an error, find it)

Question #2

Find the next row in this sequence..

Hint: It is a READING problem not a MATH problem. Do not add or subtract any numbers; just read each row from top to bottom and determine the next row! (also the numbers are NOT read like one, eleven, twenty one... ect, it is reading individual numbers row by row!

1
1 1
2 1
1 2 1 1
1 1 1 2 2 1
----next row---- ?

Grant

09-19-2009, 12:28 AM	#1
gmag21 gmag21 Drives: 2010 Camaro 1SS/RS Join Date: May 2009 Location: Lafayette/Kingwood Posts: 336	Who can figure out this math problem/sequence? I like stuff like this haha Question #1 If A=1 and B=1 ... Then that means..... A² = BA A²-B² = BA - B² (A-B)(A+B) = B(A-B) (A-B)(A+B) / (A-B) = B(A-B) / (A-B) [A-B's cancel out] A+B = B 2 = 1 2 cannot equal 1. Why? (There is an error, find it) Question #2 Find the next row in this sequence.. Hint: It is a READING problem not a MATH problem. Do not add or subtract any numbers; just read each row from top to bottom and determine the next row! (also the numbers are NOT read like one, eleven, twenty one... ect, it is reading individual numbers row by row! 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 ----next row---- ? Grant __________________ L99 \| Billyboat Exhaust, American Racing Headers, Pfadt Springs and Sways, Tune \| 350 whp / 371 tq