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60th Belarusian Mathematical Olympiad

Belarus algebra

Problem

Find the value of the expression if real , , satisfy the equality (all denominators are supposed to be different from zero).
Solution
Set and . Let , then It follows that Adding the fractions in the right-hand side of (1), we obtain , where Let , then . From (2) it follows Since and , we have . Substitute for and in (3) to obtain Thus Hence
Final answer
9/5

Techniques

Symmetric functionsPolynomial operations