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Post #6 by f1000
Source ForumMacNN
CategoryTroubleshooting
Post DateMon, 5 Jul 2004 - 22:54
Original URLhttps://web.archive.org/web/20050523072417/https://forums.macnn.com/showthread.php?t=219263
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Whenever you divide an equality by a variable, you have to determine the domain of the new equality. In this case, the domain of the new equality is all X and Y such that X-Y-2 does not equal 0.

Thus, X = Y if and only if X does not equal Y + 2.

Unfortunately, X DOES equal Y + 2, so X can never equal Y.
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