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re: Math whizzes, can you find the error in this math problem?
Posted on 7/23/21 at 12:50 pm to GumboPot
Posted on 7/23/21 at 12:50 pm to GumboPot
The series inside the parenthesis in the fourth line is NOT the same series as the series in the second line. The two sets don't map 1:1 to each other. Though each index in the set is equal (i.e. identical terms in each set are the same value, so the third term is 3 in both, the fourth 4, and so on) the size of the two sets is not the same. As more terms are added to the first set, the second set grows slower to keep the equality in the fifth line true. For instance, when you add three terms to the first set, the second set would only add one term to maintain the equality in the final equation. If you add "11, 12, 13" to the first set, the second adds "4". If you add "14, 15, 16" to the first, the second only gets "5".
It would be more proper to call the first set S0 and the second S1.
1 + 9(S1) = S0
S1 = (S0-1)/9
Recognizing that the two infinite sets can have identical terms at each index, yet not be identical to each other because they are different sizes is the key.
It would be more proper to call the first set S0 and the second S1.
1 + 9(S1) = S0
S1 = (S0-1)/9
Recognizing that the two infinite sets can have identical terms at each index, yet not be identical to each other because they are different sizes is the key.
This post was edited on 7/23/21 at 1:42 pm
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