⎩ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎨ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎧ x y + y z + z x x + x 1 6 = y + y 1 8 = 1 = z + z 1 1 0
x , y , and z are real numbers satisfying the system of equations above.
If x 2 + y 2 + z 2 = n m , where m and n are coprime positive integers, find m + n .
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How does 6/(x+1/x)=3sinA?
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That's the Half Angle Tangent Substitution .
put x = tan 2 A and use the fact that tan 2 2 A + 1 = sec 2 2 A and 2 sin 2 A cos 2 A = sin 2 A
Instead of finding cos^2(A/2)....We can directly find tan^2(A/2) by using half angle formula ....Since we know the sides ratio we can find semi perimeter and can find tan^2(A/2)
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Let x = tan 2 A , y = tan 2 B , z = tan 2 C for some △ A B C with side a , b , c
x + x 1 6 = 3 sin A y + y 1 8 = 4 sin B z + z 1 1 0 = 5 sin C
so we have △ A B C with sin A : sin B : sin C = a : b : c = 2 0 : 1 5 : 1 2 . From this we get
cos A = 2 ⋅ 1 5 ⋅ 1 2 1 5 2 + 1 2 2 − 2 0 2 = 3 6 0 − 3 1 cos B = 2 ⋅ 2 0 ⋅ 1 2 2 0 2 + 1 2 2 − 1 5 2 = 4 8 0 3 1 9 cos C = 2 ⋅ 2 0 ⋅ 1 5 2 0 2 + 1 5 2 − 1 2 2 = 6 0 0 5 8 1 and then we get cos 2 2 A = 2 cos A + 1 = 7 2 0 3 2 9 , sec 2 2 A = 3 2 9 7 2 0 , tan 2 2 A = 3 2 9 3 9 1 cos 2 2 B = 2 cos B + 1 = 9 6 0 7 9 9 , sec 2 2 B = 7 9 9 9 6 0 , tan 2 2 B = 7 9 9 1 6 1 cos 2 2 C = 2 cos C + 1 = 1 2 0 0 1 0 8 1 , sec 2 2 C = 1 0 8 1 1 2 0 0 , tan 2 2 C = 1 0 8 1 1 1 9
finally we get x 2 + y 2 + z 2 = tan 2 2 A + tan 2 2 B + tan 2 2 C = 1 2 8 6 3 9 1 9 2 9 6 3 and m + n = 3 2 1 6 0 2