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Austria 2023 algebra
Problem
Let , , be nonzero real numbers with Determine all possible values of
Solution
Answer. The only possible values are and .
We add to the equations and obtain For , this is clearly true, and the expression in the problem statement becomes For , we get and therefore . In this case, our expression becomes . The values and are attained because any triple with resp. that does not contain a zero works. (Theresia Eisenkölbl) ☐
We add to the equations and obtain For , this is clearly true, and the expression in the problem statement becomes For , we get and therefore . In this case, our expression becomes . The values and are attained because any triple with resp. that does not contain a zero works. (Theresia Eisenkölbl) ☐
Final answer
8 and -1
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