Saturday, March 16, 2019

algebra precalculus - What is wrong with this proof? -3 = 3



What is wrong with this proof?



3=327=(27)13=(27)26=6(27)2=6272=(27)26=(27)13=327=3



This is obviously false since 33.




But still I can't figure out which equation is the wrong one and why that is.



Thanks in advance for anyone who will help.


Answer



As suggested in comments, the (27)2/6((27)2)1/6, because abc=(ab)c does not generally hold for a<0.



You can find more related info in @mrf's answer here: Is (1)ab=(1)ba true? => (1)ab=((1)a)b is true?.


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