# Is the equal sign overrated?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-equal-sign-overrated/841735>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [October 14, 2019, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-equal-sign-overrated/841735 "2019-10-14T01:17:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2019, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-equal-sign-overrated/841735/41 "2019-10-19T14:39:27Z")

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Here is another example of equal not quite working 1/2-1/3+1/4-1/5+1/6-1/7… = X

1/2+1/4-1/3+1/6+1/8-1/5 +1/10+1/12-1/7+…=Y

they both eventually add 1/even and subtract 1/odd but X is not equal to Y.

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