Study the following steps. All of the statements below are correct except for one (or more). Which one is the first fallacious step? Indicate your answer with the number of the statement you think is errorneous.
If
, since
, since is non-zero.
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Everything is ok till step 3.
In step 3, we have
(x+y)(x-y)=y(x-y)
or we can say,
(x+y)( 0 ) = y ( 0 )
thus both the sides become zero ( 0 )
After this , we can see both the sides are 0, so error is in step 4