Find z.

Algebra Level 2


The answer is 32.

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x + y + z = 36 x+y+z=36

x + y = 36 z x+y=36-z

Squaring both sides, we get

x 2 + 2 x y + y 2 = 3 6 2 72 z + z 2 x^2+2xy+y^2=36^2-72z+z^2

14 + 2 = 1296 72 z + z 2 14+2=1296-72z+z^2

z 2 72 z + 1280 = 0 z^2-72z+1280=0

Using the quadratic formula to solve for z z , we get two values

z = 40 z=40 and z = 32 z=32

Since x + y > 1 x+y>1 , we must check by substituting.

When z = 32 z=32 :

x + y + z = 36 x+y+z=36

x + y = 36 z x+y=36-z

x + y = 36 32 = 4 x+y=36-32=4

x + y > 4 x+y>4

When z + 40 z+40

x + y + z = 40 x+y+z=40

x + y = 36 z x+y=36-z

x + y = 36 40 = 4 x+y=36-40=-4

x + y < 4 x+y<4

So, z = 32 \boxed{z=32} .

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