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Algebra Level 2

Given a = 2013 x 2 a = 2013 - x^2 b = 2014 x 2 b = 2014 - x^2 c = 2015 x 2 c = 2015 - x^2 and a b c = 3 abc = 3 . Find the value of a b c + b c a + c a b 1 a 1 b 1 c \frac{a}{bc} + \frac{b}{ca} + \frac{c}{ab} - \frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{b} - \frac{1}{c}


The answer is 1.

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1 solution

Arturo Presa
Jan 16, 2015

It is easy to see that b = a + 1 b=a+1 and c = a + 2 c=a+2 . Then using that and the fact that a b c = 3 abc=3 a b c + b c a + c a b 1 a 1 b 1 c \frac{a}{bc}+\frac{b}{ca}+\frac{c}{ab}-\frac{1}{a}-\frac{1}{b}-\frac{1}{c} = ( a 2 + b 2 + c 2 ) ( a b + b c + a c ) a b c =\frac{(a^{2}+b^{2}+c^{2})-(ab+bc+ac)}{abc} = ( a 2 + ( a + 1 ) 2 + ( a + 2 ) 2 ) ( a ( a + 1 ) + ( a + 1 ) ( a + 1 ) + a ( a + 2 ) ) 3 =\frac{(a^{2}+(a+1)^{2}+(a+2)^{2})-(a(a+1)+(a+1)(a+1)+a(a+2))}{3} = 3 3 =\frac{3}{3} = 1 =1

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