If a b + b c + c a = 0 ,then evaluate a 2 − b c 1 + b 2 − c a 1 + c 2 − a b 1 a , b , c are positive numbers such that a + b + c = 0
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Nice problem and solution. It might be an idea to state that a , b , c are non-zero reals such that a + b + c = 0 , in order to avoid any division by zero issues. :)
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Thank you sir !
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Great, except that instead of "positive numbers" it should be "non-zero real numbers". Otherwise if all of a , b , c were positive then we could never have a b + b c + c a = 0 .
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@Brian Charlesworth – Oh yeah didn't noticed that :P
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We have a b + b c + c a = 0 ⇒ b c = − ( a b + c a ) ⇒ − b c = a b + a c . . . . . . . . . . 1 ⇒ c a = − ( a b + b c ) ⇒ − c a = a b + b c . . . . . . . . . . 2 ⇒ a b = − ( b c + c a ) ⇒ − a b = b c + c a . . . . . . . . . . 3
Now let's come to the problem, We have a 2 − b c 1 + b 2 − c a 1 + c 2 − a b 1 = a 2 + a b + a c 1 + b 2 + b a + b c 1 + c 2 + c b + c a 1 = a ( a + b + c ) 1 + b ( a + b + c ) 1 + c ( a + b + c ) 1 = a + b + c 1 ( a 1 + b 1 + c 1 ) = a + b + c 1 ( a b c a b + b c + c a ) = a + b + c 1 × 0 0