Chapter 3.3 Puzzle

This assignment is due 48 hours after the Chapter Test is given.

• Puzzle solutions are due by 5:00 PM two days after the Chapter Test.
• Puzzles are worth 5 points of extra credit each.
• Answers must be accompanied by valid reasoning. Just like the tests, the answer alone isn't enough!
• Please enter your solution in the text area at the bottom of this page. DON'T FORGET TO GIVE YOUR NAME!

It is a bright spring morning. You have just finished your Chemistry lab, and have a Physics class starting in a half hour, so you have a little bit of time to sit on a park bench and relax by leafing through your calculus textbook. Suddenly, you notice a wild-eyed, hungry-looking stranger looking over your shoulder.

"Lies! Lies!" he yells. "That book there is filled with nothing but lies!"

"Why, you are mistaken," you explain. "My Calculus book by Stewart is chock-a-block with knowledge and useful wisdom."

"Oh yeah? Well what would your calculus book say about THIS?" he demanded, and hands you a piece of paper with the following written on it:

"Put THAT in your pipe and smoke it!" And that, the gentleman runs off screaming, "I'll be back!" into the wind.

Is all of mathematics wrong? Is two really equal to one? Are "two for one" specials really no bargain at all? If so what is it? Explain what is going on in the proof above.

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