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Forum Name: This and that
Topic ID: 633
Message ID: 3
#3, RE: All numbers equal??
Posted by alexb on Aug-13-05 at 08:04 AM
In response to message #2
>well, first off, I have no sweet clue what quandary means,
>so I'll assume it is a made up word.

No, quandary means predicament, difficulty. You can check this online at, e.g., http://www.dictionary.com

>And second off, if
>there is no flaw, then I'll simply tell people that this is
>some (**** bad word removed) up #####

Foul language is not allowed here. Please refrain from using it in the future.

So you do suspect there is a flaw. Good. I quite agree with that. But in this case your original question was poorly formulated. It appeared as if you allowed for a possibility that the argument was correct.

>and give up on math
>for the rest of my life... but not really, I'll just think
>this is something neat to show people.

I strongly believe that more appreciation will be engendered after people try to use thair brains to resolve the question by themselves.
Perhaps checking

http://www.cut-the-knot.org/do_you_know/mul_eq.shtml

will give you a clue.