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Comment by alain94040

First day of college: "prove that 0 times x is equal to 0". That got rid of everyone who wasn't really into maths :-)

That exercise was literally the first question, on the first hour of back to school, after 5 minutes of a welcome speech.

I can't even figure out the proof anymore, although it really can't be complicated given the ridiculously small amount of tools you are given (basically x + -x is 0, and (a+b) times c equals a times c + b times c. You are given nothing else.

parent alain94040 17 years ago

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