Problem #PRU-79636

Problems Discrete Mathematics Set theory and logic Mathematical logic Paradoxes

Problem

Izzy wrote a correct equality on the board: 35+1041=42+1250, and then subtracted 4 from both parts: 35+1045=42+1254. She noticed that on the left hand side of the equation all of the numbers are divisible by 5, and on the right hand side by 6. Then she took 5 outside of the brackets on the left hand side and 6 on the right hand side and got 5(7+29)4=6(7+29). Having simplified both sides by a common multiplier, Izzy found that 5=6. Where did she go wrong?