Wikipedia:1984

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Proof that 2 and 2 make 5

 * Let a and b be equal non-zero quantities
 * $$a = b$$
 * Multiply through by a
 * $$a^2 = ab$$
 * Subtract $$b^2$$
 * $$a^2 - b^2 = ab - b^2$$
 * Factor both sides
 * $$(a - b)(a + b) = b(a - b)$$
 * Divide out $$(a - b)$$ [this is the point where the theorem is wrong]
 * $$a + b = b$$
 * Observing that $$a = b$$
 * $$b + b = b$$
 * Combine like terms on the left
 * $$2b = b$$
 * Divide by the non-zero b
 * $$2 = 1$$
 * Add 3 to each side
 * $$5 = 4$$
 * $$4 = 5$$
 * $$2 + 2 = 5$$

You know it's true (as long as you don't have any qualms against division by zero, and I hear Jimbo doesn't).

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