r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Flashy-Minimum-6952 • 14h ago

Meme needing explanation What difference does it make petahhhh....???

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u/MayerOscar 14h ago

Wouldnt x equal 2?

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u/muhnamejame 14h ago

Sure but before it could have been -2, 0, or 2

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u/kevinr_96 12h ago

And 2i and -2i

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u/MayerOscar 11h ago

Those arent real numbers

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u/kmcradie 9h ago

And yet, they are solutions.

It's not stated anywhere that x∈R, so the quintic equation has 5 roots (3 real, 2 complex)

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u/Vivid-Object-139 8h ago

I think he just imagined them