Breaking the rules of math

This viral post is one the most requested topics from viewers. There is a popular false proof that 2 + 2 = 5. Where is the mistake? #math #maths #mathematics #shorts

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[diamondaforce]

“And that is why 2+2 is not equal to 5” 😂 I love that sentence

[bobross]

Bruh kindergarten looking hard as hell 💀

[MrWestonO]

i'm imagining this guy teaching kindergarten like
"and that's why 2+2=4. got all that?"
"teacher whats a squa-"
"alright great moving on"

[kinshuksinghania]

It’s like starting with a = -b. Then squaring the equation and then taking the square root and saying that a = b.

[imbisatazim]

The basic mistake in the approach is that you simply cannot take the square root on both sides without adding the '+/-' sign.

[homathgaming]

The mistake starts at the square removal.

When a² = b², it may not always imply a = b. There is another posibility that a = -b.

In this case, it should be
(4 - 9/2) = -(5 - 9/2)

[SameAsAnyOtherStranger]

Glad I'll never make that mistake.

[DividedFERGY]

My guy just started pulling numbers out of nowhere 💀

[PixelCubics]

Give an applause to the people who understood everything

[Straigo]

A convoluted equation to hide the simple mistake of forgetting the absolute value operation.

[malady-]

When you take a break from 13 hrs math to watch youtube:

[asafkarakus]

Bro just explained the seven stages of mathematical greif

[teamcyeborg]

I always expect a cleverly hidden divide by 0 in these things, this is the first time I've seen a negative hidden so well

[StillActuallyCharlie]

The 150 page book Principia Mathematica devotes several pages to proving that 1=1 and it's criminally underrated

[Xeacons]

“Sometimes it’s 3; sometimes it’s 5. Sometimes it’s all at once. It’s whatever the Party decides, Winston.”

[dylmmjs]

The question they ask in 3rd grade math be like:

[Ploxtifs_OldAndDeadAccountXD]

Actually 2+2= 5 if you torture someone hard enough… this post was made by O’Brien

[theman]

"i like your funny words, magic man"

[Nulono]

Finally, one of these that isn't just using variable names to hide a division by zero!

[przemysawdata]

I know the other solution to this formula, but it also contains a forbiden action:

16-12-4=20-15-5

after takin' the common multiplier before the brackets, we get

4(4-3-1)=5(4-3-1)

now, we divide it by the brackets (that's forbiden, because we have 0 inside the brackets) and get:

4=5

If 4 can be presented as 2+2, then we have:

2+2=5.

Done, but with taking forbiden action - dividing by 0.

Without dividing by the brackets, we'd have:

4×0=5×0

that gives us:

0=0; L=R.