Just for fun! II

Algebra Level 2

If x b + c a = y c + a b = z a + b c \frac { x }{ b+c-a } =\frac { y }{ c+a-b } =\frac { z }{ a+b-c } , evaluate ( b c ) x + ( c a ) y + ( a b ) z (b-c)x+(c-a)y+(a-b)z .


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1 solution

Hamza Emad
Sep 2, 2015

we can solve this by cross multiplying so we get x(c+a-b)=z(c+a-b)

since all of them are equal to each other you can cross multiply 2 numerators by the denominator of the third one

ex: a/b=c/d=e/f so af=cf

if we divide both equations by (c+a-b) we get x=z

if we repeat the process with y and z we get y=z ,therefore x=y=z

if the numerators are equal then the denominators must be equal

ex: 5/a =5/b so 5a=5b ,therefore a=b

so b+c-a=c+a-b b+c=c+2a-b b=2a-b 2b=2a a=b we can conclude from that that c=a=b

so b-c(x)+c-a(x)+a-b(x)=c-c(x)+c-c(x)+c-c(x)

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sorry for any confusion my solution caused

I'm a bad teacher (:

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