User:SurlyPurpleSquirrel
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Believe it or not, 0 is equal to 1.
x = y. Then x2 = xy. Subtract the same thing from both sides: x2 – y2 = xy – y2. Dividing by (x-y), obtain x + y = y. Since x = y, we see that 2 y = y. Thus 2 = 1, since we started with y nonzero. Subtracting 1 from both sides, 1 = 0.