Roots and roots

Algebra Level 3

( 5 + 6 + 7 ) ( 5 + 6 7 ) ( 5 6 + 7 ) ( 5 + 6 + 7 ) = ? \left(\sqrt{5}+\sqrt{6}+\sqrt{7}\right)\left(\sqrt{5}+\sqrt{6}-\sqrt{7}\right)\left(\sqrt{5}-\sqrt{6}+\sqrt{7} \right) \left(-\sqrt{5}+\sqrt{6}+\sqrt{7}\right)= \, ?

210 210 104 104 3 210 3\sqrt{210} 4 210 4\sqrt{210}

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2 solutions

Chew-Seong Cheong
Nov 12, 2018

X = ( 5 + 6 + 7 ) ( 5 + 6 7 ) ( 5 6 + 7 ) ( 5 + 6 + 7 ) Note that ( a + b ) ( a b ) = a 2 b 2 = ( ( 5 + 6 ) 2 7 ) ( 7 ( 5 6 ) 2 ) = ( 11 + 2 30 7 ) ( 7 11 + 2 30 ) = ( 2 30 + 4 ) ( 2 30 4 ) = 120 16 = 104 \begin{aligned} X & = \left({\color{#3D99F6}\sqrt 5+\sqrt 6 }+{\color{#D61F06}\sqrt 7}\right)\left({\color{#3D99F6}\sqrt 5+\sqrt 6 }-{\color{#D61F06}\sqrt 7}\right)\left({\color{#D61F06}\sqrt 5-\sqrt 6 }+{\color{#3D99F6}\sqrt 7}\right)\left({\color{#D61F06}-\sqrt 5+\sqrt 6 }+{\color{#3D99F6}\sqrt 7}\right) & \small \color{#3D99F6} \text{Note that }(a+{\color{#D61F06}b})(a - {\color{#D61F06}b}) = a^2 - {\color{#D61F06} b^2} \\ & = \left({\color{#3D99F6}(\sqrt 5+\sqrt 6)^2}-{\color{#D61F06}7}\right) \left({\color{#3D99F6}7}-{\color{#D61F06}(\sqrt 5-\sqrt 6)^2}\right) \\ & = \left(11 + 2 \sqrt {30}- 7 \right) \left(7-11 + 2\sqrt{30}\right) \\ & = \left(2 \sqrt {30} + 4 \right) \left(2\sqrt{30}-4\right) \\ & = 120 - 16 \\ & = \boxed{104} \end{aligned}

At once , I answered. As I think this problem is second time posted here in Brilliant, Sir. 🤔

Naren Bhandari - 2 years, 6 months ago

Brilliant observation!

Mahdi Raza - 12 months ago

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Thanks again.

Chew-Seong Cheong - 12 months ago
X X
Nov 13, 2018

( a + b + c ) ( a + b c ) ( a b + c ) ( a + b + c ) = 2 ( a 2 b 2 + b 2 c 2 + c 2 a 2 ) ( a 4 + b 4 + c 4 ) (a+b+c)(a+b-c)(a-b+c)(-a+b+c)=2(a^2b^2+b^2c^2+c^2a^2)-(a^4+b^4+c^4) (Very similar with the Heron's formula)

So the expression equals to 2 ( 5 × 6 + 6 × 7 + 7 × 5 ) ( 5 2 + 6 2 + 7 2 ) = 104 2(5\times6+6\times7+7\times5)-(5^2+6^2+7^2)=104

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