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XXXI Brazilian Math Olympiad

Brazil algebra

Problem

Solve, in real numbers, the system
Solution
Since , If , the system reduces to and If , then and (Solutions) --- which is true for every (all three expressions are equal to ). So all solutions are and and its cyclic analogous triples. Notice that yields the solution .
Final answer
(x,y,z) = (1,1,1) or (x,y,z) = (-(1+t)/t, t, -1/(1+t)) for any real t ≠ 0, −1, together with all cyclic permutations of this triple.

Techniques

Simple Equations