Someone has claimed that they proved that 0=1! Of course, they must have made a mistake somewhere. Which step below contains their first mistake?
a + b = 1 ( a + b ) 2 = 1 a ( a + b ) + b ( a + b ) = 1 a 2 + b 2 + 2 a b = 1 a 2 + b 2 + 2 a b = a + b a 2 + b 2 + 2 a b − ( a + b ) = a + b − ( a + b ) a 2 + a b − a + b 2 + a b − b = 0 a ( a + b − 1 ) + b ( b + a − 1 ) = 0 ( a + b ) ( a + b − 1 ) = 0 a + b = 0 a + b − 1 = 0 1 = 0
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Starting from step 9 (remember that a + b = 1 )...
( a + b ) ( a + b − 1 ) = 0 ( a + b ) ( ( 1 ) − 1 ) = 0 ( a + b ) ( 0 ) = 0 0 ( a + b ) ( 0 ) = 0 0 a + b = 0
This means that step 10 divides both sides by zero. Therefore, step 1 0 contains the mistake.