document.write( "Question 122384: Please help me solve x^2=2x^2
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document.write( "The only way that 2 times something can be equal to that same something\r\n" );
document.write( "is if the something were zero to start with.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So, if , then , but that means that  as well.\r\n" );
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document.write( " is the reason you have difficulty if you try to divide both sides\r\n" );
document.write( "of the equation by .  Dividing by zero leads you to the absurdity that\r\n" );
document.write( ".  Would that I could be on the right side of that equation with my bank on the left.\r\n" );
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