Equality or Inequality, That is the question!

Algebra Level 5

How many unordered \textbf {unordered} triplets ( x , y , z ) (x,y,z) , subject to constraints, ( x 4 2 x 3 ) cyclic 0 (x^4-2x^3)_{\text{cyclic}}\leq0 , satisfy the system of equations:

{ ( 4 x 2 8 x + 3 ) ( 2 x x 2 ) + 1 = y ( 8 y 4 y 2 3 ) ( 2 y y 2 ) + 1 = z ( 4 z 2 8 z + 3 ) ( 2 z z 2 ) + 1 = x \left\{\begin{array}{l}(4x^2-8x+3)\sqrt{(2x-x^2)}+1=y\\ (8y-4y^2-3)\sqrt{(2y-y^2)}+1=z\\ (4z^2-8z+3)\sqrt{(2z-z^2)}+1=x\end{array}\right.

Details and Assumptions :

\bullet ( ) cyclic (\cdots)_{\text{cyclic}} means that the relation holds true for all individual ( x , y , z ) (x,y,z)

\bullet An unordered \textbf{unordered} triplet means that ( 1 , 2 , 3 ) (1,2,3) is the same as ( 3 , 2 , 1 ) (3,2,1) or ( 1 , 3 , 2 ) (1,3,2) .

It is inspired by one of my favourite problems by Daniel Liu .


The answer is 27.

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