Proof that 1 = 2.

Using algebra and a little deception, Mr. John Hush proves (or does he?) that 1 = 2 to a class of amazed calculus students.

[absolutelyunreal]

“So unfortunately you got 2nd place”


Me:

[idek_man]

Boss: your salary for this week is $500.

Me: let me show you how my salary for this week is $50000.

[drakeyww]

No one :
Youtube : Let’s confuse everyone by recommending a video 8 years later that proves 1=2

[MrChan-rtdp]

a-b gets 0, and dividing by 0 is undefined

[wonsungichingu]

Imagine its your birthday and this guys just comes in and say "Let me prove you're not even born yet".

[Sophist]

Teacher: "The test is easy, you're all going to pass."

The test:

[mingautumns]

He’s still liking comments even after we’ve all been brought together after 9 years

[JamDread]

Alternate title: Proof of why you should never try to divide by 0.

[BreadMan]

*2:* "You're Weak"

*1:* "I'm you..."

[Abubakar-qocv]

Maths would be so easy if everything is equal to 1.

[dolevoz]

To anyone who is surprised that he is still liking and replying 9 years later you must have not listened because 0=9 so its really just 0 years after upload, nothing special..

[rubix]

This man is real legend after 12 years he's still giving hearts to everyone.

[c-force]

This guy is the definition of “well yes, but actually no”

[BeefyBorgar]

"I used maths to destroy maths"

[adelinel]

This man just solved world hunger. I now have 2 snicker bars instead of one.

[brianwisniewski]

This demonstration was a good way of teaching his students to always question what they were learning. The students were clearly used to solving polynomial equations using division, so they overlooked the fact that they were dividing by 0 to get a+b=b. Always try and look deeper when you are learning something new, especially if you feel there is something contradictory in the background. A good example is when I learned about the formal definition of uniform continuity in Real Analysis. I understood the concept of continuity really well, and felt so comfortable with it I overlooked a lot of the important differences between it and uniform continuity. It took me a long time to fully understand uniform continuity as a result.

[fureafila]

Dividing by zero opens a black hole! Don’t do that !!!

[yoswiftly]

teacher: you got a 0 on your test

him: let me show you how 0=100

[redact]

This is exactly why Calculators say
*Divide by zero error*
_they don't want you to break the universe_

[Aivo]

This wouldn't be mind blowing if maths were correctly thaught.
You did an amazing showcase of how teachers should teach precalculus. Amazing work.