Question

Before i go sleeping, i knew a formula or logic before of 1 + 1 = 3.

It was something like
4 - 10 = 9 - 15
4 -10 + 6 1/4 = 9-15 + 6 1/4

And then more equations...it was complex, and i want to remember how was it to get there to the
2 = 3
▌1+1 = 3.▐

Answer 1

well, 1 + 3 is not 3 so you probably used some flawed logic to reach that result.

my guess is you wrote 4 - 5 = 9 - 10 (true)

then 4 - 10 + 6 + 1/4 = 9 - 15 + 6 + 1/14

then (2 - 5/2)^2 = (3 - 5/2)^2

then you took the square root of both sides:

2 - 5/2 = 3 - 5/2

then you added 5/2 to both sides:

2 = 3

hence 1 + 1 = 3

the flaw of this logic is when you take the square root of both sides...the truth is that the square root of x^2 is the absolute value of x, and it's not necessarily x. so the square root of (2 - 5/2)^2 will be the absolute value of 2 - 5/2, which is in fact 1/2, not -1/2

Answer 2

the very top line in my last post should have said "1 + 1 is not 3"...

Answer 3

thanks. You made my day