x + y = 5 x y y + z = 6 y z z + x = 7 z x
If x y z = 0 , then the value of x + y + z can be expressed as b a , where a and b are positive coprime integers. What is a + b ?
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Nice. Congratulations. Your use of 1/x+1/y+1/z = 9 is realy very nice.
Exactly the same way.
Same method.
this is much easier and clever than what i did ........ thanks :)
x + y = 5 x y s o l v e x i n t e r m s o f y x y x + y = 5 y 1 + x 1 = 5 x 1 = 5 − y 1 x = 5 y − 1 y ⟶ ( 1 ) d o t h e s a m e a t y + z = 6 y z s o l v e z i n t e r m s o f y , w e c a n g e t z = 6 y − 1 y ⟶ ( 2 ) t h e n s u b s t i t u t e ( 1 ) a n d ( 2 ) t o t h e 3 r d g i v e n e q u a t i o n z + x = 7 z x 6 y − 1 y + 5 y − 1 y = 7 ( 6 y − 1 y ) ( 5 y − 1 y ) y = 0 . 5 t h e n s u b s t i t u t e t h e v a l u e o f y t o e q u a t i o n ( 1 ) a n d ( 2 ) t o g e t t h e v a l u e o f x a n d z x = 3 1 a n d z = 4 1 t h e n a d d x , y , z x + y + z = 1 2 1 3 t h e r e f o r e t h e a n s w e r w i l l b e 1 3 + 1 2 = 2 5
thanks man
Good method.
Multiply first equation by x :
z x + z y = 5 x y z
Similarly:
x y + x z = 6 x y z
y z + y x = 7 x y z
Summing the three equations we get:
x z + z y + x y = 9 x y z
Subtracting equation 1 we obtain x y = 4 x y z , then z = 4 1
Similarly, by subtracting equations 2 and 3 from equation 4, respectively, we get x = 3 1 and y = 2 1 .
Summing up, x + y + z = 1 2 1 3 , so the answer is 25
x+y=5xy...divide both sides by xy giving 1/x + 1/y = 5...similarly 1/y + 1/z =6 & 1/x +1/z = 7...now let 1/x=a,1/y=b & 1/z =c...so the new equations are a+b=5 , b+c=6 & c+a=7...three equations and three unknowns solve it.finally a=3 gives 1/x = 3 so x=1/3.similarly y =1/2 & z=1/4
There are 3 equation and 3 variable
Minus first and second equation put the relationship in first
Then question will be solved If you have problem please comment
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please see my solution. thanks!
Ohh sorry sir next time Iwill do that
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In the first equation, we divide both sides by x y . Yielding
x 1 + y 1 = 5 .
Doing the same thing to the other equations give:
y 1 + z 1 = 6 and
z 1 + x 1 = 7
For equations 2 and 3, respectively.
Adding our new equations, we get
x 1 + y 1 + z 1 = 9
Subtracting x 1 + y 1 = 5 from the new equation yields
z 1 = 4 .
Doing the same thing to x and y , we get:
x 1 = 3 , and
y 1 = 2 .
Now we know that x = 3 1 , y = 2 1 , and z = 4 1 ,
x + y + z = 1 2 1 3 ,
And 1 3 + 1 2 = 2 5