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Old 03-15-2007, 10:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Tolnaftate2004 View Post
2(a²-ab)=1(a²-ab)
2(a²-ab)/(a²-ab)=1(a²-ab)/(a²-ab)
recall that (a²-ab) = 0
gives us 2*0/0 = 1*0/0

Hey, what do you know.
Well either way, by order of operations in that case, the 2 and 1 would have both been multiplied by 0 before being divided by zero. So 0/0 = 0/0, which I do believe in modern math is concidered 0.
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