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Difficulty: 3/102024 IOQM 2024 (Q5)

Let , let and let . The value of is:

Guide / Hint

Hint 1: Let , , and . Notice that their product .

Hint 2: Express , , and in terms of . You should get , , and .

Hint 3: Use the algebraic identity to relate with and .

Solution

Step 1: Let , , and . Note that the product of these variables is:

Step 2: We can express and in terms of :

since .

Step 3: Now we express in terms of :

Step 4: Using the standard algebraic identity for the product of sums of three variables:

Step 5: Substituting and into the identity:

Step 6: This gives:

Thus, the value of is .

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