Andrew was playing with three numbers
a
,
b
and
c
.
First, he subtracted
b
from the sum of other two and got 1,
then he subtracted
c
from the sum of other two and got 2,
then he subtracted
a
from the sum of other two and got 3.
Then, Andrew challenged his friends to find the value of a b + c . So what is the value of a b + c ?
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We don't need to find all values. Add all equations to get a+b+c=6. Then find a from 3rd equation. So from the equation we will see that b+c/a=1+3/a.
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Thats smart.
Wow,thanks for the easy approach: P
Yes as @Kushagra Sahni said :- a + c − b = 1 ⋯ ( 1 ) a + b − c = 2 ⋯ ( 2 ) b + c − a = 3 ⋯ ( 3 ) Now adding all the equations we get, a + b + c = 6 b + c = 6 − a ⋯ ( 4 ) From ( 3 ) we get b + c = 3 + a
∴ from ( 3 ) and ( 4 ) a = 2 3
∴ a b + c = a 6 − a = 3 9 = 3
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As per the question,we get these equations: a + c − b = a + b − c = b + c − a = 1 … ( 1 ) 2 … ( 2 ) 3 … ( 3 ) Adding ( 1 ) and ( 2 ) ,we get a + c − b + a + b − c = ⟹ 2 a = ∴ a = 1 + 2 3 2 3 Adding ( 2 ) and ( 3 ) ,we get a + b − c + b + c − a = ⟹ 2 b = ∴ b = 2 + 3 5 2 5 Adding ( 1 ) and ( 3 ) ,we get a + c − b + b + c − a = ⟹ 2 c = ∴ c = 1 + 3 4 2 Now when we have got the three numbers,we can calculate the required value as a b + c = 2 3 2 5 + 2 = 3