Maths Master? Here’s a Mind Boggling Proof!

What’s 1 + 1? What’s 2 + 2? You’ll probably are angry on me right now for asking you such silly questions but in a class, when teacher asked the boy about 2+2, he answered 2! I got amazed but then I and my friend got involved to get it proved. And now we have it here. Just take a look of the following proof which proves 2 + 2 = 2.

Now we’ll have two variables x and y.

x = y = 2

x² = y²

Subtracting y² from both sides. That gives,

x² – y² = y² – y²

Now, we know that x² – y² = (x+y) (x-y)

(x + y) (x – y) = y (y – y)

Now, x = y. Therefore,

(x + y) (x – y) = y
(x – y)

(x + y) = y

Substituting all values for x = y = 2

2 + 2 = 2

Isn’t that great. Try it out. It is mathematically correct! If you have more of this, you can get it on our blog by mailing it to davetheroyale@live.in.