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New Math: 64 = 65 ???? - 2/14/2010 9:37:27 AM

MasterG2kTR

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64 = 65 ????

Strange new math....yet it's true!!

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RE: New Math: 64 = 65 ???? - 2/14/2010 9:40:12 AM

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It's not math, it's not new, and it's not strange. The shapes do not fit together exactly if you do it in real life. Take graph paper and try it. There are gaps that add up to the extra box. That little "math trick" has been around for decades.

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