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Algebra Level 5

{ x + y + z = 2 x y + y z + z x = 0.5 x y z = 4 \large{ \begin{cases} x+y+z=2 \\ xy+yz+zx=0.5 \\ xyz=4 \end{cases} }

Let x , y , z x,y,z be complex numbers that satisfies the above system of equations. Define ω \omega as:

ω = 1 x y + z 1 + 1 y z + x 1 + 1 z x + y 1 \large{\omega = \dfrac{1}{xy+z-1} + \dfrac{1}{yz+x-1} + \dfrac{1}{zx+y-1} }

Evaluate the value of 18 ω \large{-18\omega} correct up to one place of decimal.


The answer is 4.0.

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2 solutions

Chew-Seong Cheong
Sep 18, 2015

ω = 1 x y + z 1 + 1 y z + x 1 + 1 z x + y 1 = 1 x y + ( 2 x y ) 1 + 1 y z + ( 2 y z ) 1 + 1 z x + ( 2 z x ) 1 = 1 x y x y + 1 + 1 y z y z + 1 + 1 z x z x + 1 = 1 ( 1 x ) ( 1 y ) + 1 ( 1 y ) ( 1 z ) + 1 ( 1 z ) ( 1 x ) = 1 z + 1 x + 1 y ( 1 x ) ( 1 y ) ( 1 z ) = 3 ( x + y + z ) 1 ( x + y + z ) + x y + y z + z x x y z = 3 2 1 2 + 1 2 4 = 1 ( 9 2 ) = 2 9 18 ω = 4 \begin{aligned} \omega & = \frac{1}{xy+z-1} + \frac{1}{yz+x-1} + \frac{1}{zx+y-1} \\ & = \frac{1}{xy+(2-x-y)-1} + \frac{1}{yz+(2-y-z)-1} + \frac{1}{zx+(2-z-x)-1} \\ & = \frac{1}{xy-x-y+1} + \frac{1}{yz-y-z+1} + \frac{1}{zx-z-x+1} \\ & = \frac{1}{(1-x)(1-y)} + \frac{1}{(1-y)(1-z)} +\frac{1}{(1-z)(1-x)} \\ & = \frac{1-z+1-x+1-y}{(1-x)(1-y)(1-z)} \\ & = \frac{3-(x+y+z)}{1-(x+y+z)+xy+yz+zx-xyz} \\ & = \frac{3-2}{1-2+\frac{1}{2}-4} \\ & = \frac{1}{\left(-\frac{9}{2}\right)} \\ & = -\frac{2}{9} \\ \\ \Rightarrow -18\omega & = \boxed{4} \end{aligned}

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Ashish Sacheti - 5 years, 8 months ago

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Chew-Seong Cheong - 5 years, 8 months ago

A really brilliant and easy solution from sir. Thank you, sir for helping me out!

Anibrata Bhattacharya - 5 years, 7 months ago

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Dev Sharma - 5 years, 8 months ago

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Kaustubh Miglani - 5 years, 8 months ago

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Thanks. Just trying my best.

Chew-Seong Cheong - 5 years, 8 months ago

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CAN I BE UR STUDENT

Kaustubh Miglani - 5 years, 8 months ago

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@Kaustubh Miglani Yes. How do we communicate?

Chew-Seong Cheong - 5 years, 8 months ago

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@Chew-Seong Cheong Hold up can I to ive seen so many of ur solutions and would love to learn from u. My email is sacheti87@gmail.com

Ashish Sacheti - 5 years, 8 months ago

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Kaustubh Miglani - 5 years, 8 months ago

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@Kaustubh Miglani Please refrain from consistently typing in all caps, as that is considered very rude on the internet. Thanks for your assistance!

I also do not think it is nice for you to ask him to call you "Iron Man".

Calvin Lin Staff - 5 years, 8 months ago

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@Calvin Lin why explain please

Kaustubh Miglani - 5 years, 8 months ago

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@Kaustubh Miglani It is insincere and impolite. Anyway, although you have told me your name. I have forgotten it. How can I teach someone, I don't know anything about?

Chew-Seong Cheong - 5 years, 8 months ago

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@Chew-Seong Cheong my name was kaustubh or is.but dont change my name

Kaustubh Miglani - 5 years, 8 months ago

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@Kaustubh Miglani Can't you change your profile name to your real name instead of Asdfgh Rfcv? I don't like people with too many things to hide. We have a corrupt prime minister in Malaysia like that.

Chew-Seong Cheong - 5 years, 8 months ago

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@Chew-Seong Cheong so sorry but i have been victim to hacking once

Kaustubh Miglani - 5 years, 8 months ago

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@Kaustubh Miglani So you think people in Brilliant.org will hack you.

Chew-Seong Cheong - 5 years, 8 months ago

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@Chew-Seong Cheong no but u never know

Kaustubh Miglani - 5 years, 8 months ago

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@Kaustubh Miglani Anyway, I don't need this student.

Chew-Seong Cheong - 5 years, 8 months ago

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@Chew-Seong Cheong why am i bothering u.or am i not good enough to have a great teacher

Kaustubh Miglani - 5 years, 8 months ago

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@Kaustubh Miglani You can't even take the simplest of instructions from your teacher. All you give are arguments. I don't have the patience to handle you.

Chew-Seong Cheong - 5 years, 8 months ago

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@Chew-Seong Cheong like changing my name.please understand my problem otherwise i would really obey it

Kaustubh Miglani - 5 years, 8 months ago

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@Kaustubh Miglani If you were going to have personal correspondence with a mentor, you should be using your real name, or at least something that's much more respectful. Just imagine if you go to school, and you insist that your teacher calls you "Iron Man". You would be thrown out of class, in a similar manner to Chew-Seong's comment of "It is insincere and impolite. How can I teach someone, I don't know anything about?"

Calvin Lin Staff - 5 years, 8 months ago

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@Calvin Lin sorry for this

Kaustubh Miglani - 5 years, 8 months ago

@Chew-Seong Cheong i really am sorry

Kaustubh Miglani - 5 years, 8 months ago

Sir my email id is batmanbrucew82@gmail.com please let me one of your student

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Rajen Kapur
Sep 18, 2015

Employing Vieta's Theorems, let x, y and z be the roots of the equation P 3 2 P 2 + P 2 4 = 0 , 2 P 3 4 P 2 + P 8 = 0 P^3 - 2P^2 + \dfrac{P}{2} - 4 = 0, \rightarrow 2P^3 - 4P^2 + P - 8 = 0 Using x + y + z = 2 , r e w r i t e , w = 1 ( 1 x ) ( 1 y ) + 1 ( 1 y ) ( 1 z ) + 1 ( 1 z ) ( 1 x ) x + y + z = 2,re - write, w = \dfrac{1}{(1 - x)(1 - y)} + \dfrac{1}{(1 - y)(1 - z)} + \dfrac{1}{(1 - z)(1 - x)} , w = ( 1 x ) + ( 1 y ) + ( 1 z ) ( 1 x ) ( 1 y ) ( 1 z ) \rightarrow w = \dfrac{(1 - x) + (1 - y) + (1 - z)}{(1 - x)(1 - y)(1 - z)} . The cubic equation as above can be substituted P = (1 - t), to give 2 t 3 2 t 2 t + 9 = 0 2t^3 - 2t^2 - t + 9 = 0 , the new cubic equation having roots (1 - x), (1 - y), and (1 - z), sum of them is 1 and their product 9 2 \dfrac{-9}{2} which are the numerator and denominators of the expression for w as above. Hence 18 w = 4 -18w = 4 , the answer.

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