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Rectify the following equality 101 - 102 = 1 by moving just one digit.

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Rectify the following equality 101 - 102 = 1 by moving just one digit.
posted Sep 10, 2014 by anonymous

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In real 101 = 102 - 1

so solution is take one - from = and put it over -

Other solution would be move 2 as power of 10 i.e.

101-10^2=1

answer Sep 10, 2014 by Salil Agrawal



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