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algebra senior

Problem

Suppose , and are positive numbers satisfying: Find .
Solution
Notice that multiplying all three of the original equations together tells us that , which implies . Rewriting the first and third equations as and and plugging these into yields . By squaring both sides of the equation, we obtain .
Final answer
12^{1/7}