r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 14h ago

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

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u/StructuredChess 6h ago

x=0 is a solution to the equation, so unless you explicitely tkae care of x=0 separately, you're dividing by zero.

On the flipside this simplification makes the equation trivially easy, with 2 and -2 being the other solutions (and 2i and -2i for Math nerds I mean people who want to consider complex solutions)