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[โ€“] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Almost everything is wrong in his answer.

The correct answer is, it's unsolvable.

X + 2 = X - 2

X - X = - 2 - 2

0 = - 4

[โ€“] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

The real correct answer is that it only works mod 4

[โ€“] SpaceNoodle 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Only the first step is wrong.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah, my bad ๐Ÿ‘.