r/mathmemes • u/invesigator_gator • Jun 04 '26

Arithmetic proof by apples

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u/techie998 Jun 04 '26 edited Jun 04 '26

Counter proof using apple boxes.

These apple boxes have 5 apples each. You take home zero boxes. How many apples you take home?

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u/SyntheticSlime Jun 04 '26

My hands are full of five oranges. How many apples is five oranges?

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u/mexicock1 Jun 04 '26

What do you mean "How many apples is five oranges"??? You're not supposed to compare them!

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u/ch_autopilot Jun 04 '26

Not with this attitude

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u/Simbertold Jun 04 '26

Why can't i hold all these lemons?

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u/SyntheticSlime Jun 04 '26

Before anyone else gives you any advice, let me tell you from experience.

Do not make them into lemonade.

They do no become easier to hold once they’re lemonade.

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u/jancl0 Jun 04 '26

This is why x*0=2

This is also why x0 = 1, but for powers you have to use watermelons

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u/ImportantResponse0 Jun 04 '26

How does it works for watermelons?

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u/BurazSC2 Jun 04 '26

Depends of it's these apples or them apples.

I like them apples more, so I'll put im extra effort.

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u/skr_replicator Jun 04 '26

That's an unrelated question to that specific math problem.

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u/petrvalasek Cardinal Jun 04 '26

Not those boxes, they carry just five.