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Given that (x+y+z)(xy+xz+yz)=18 and that x2(y+z)+y2(x+z)+z2(x+y)=6 for real numbers xy , and z, what is the value of xyz?

 Dec 11, 2019
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xyz = 14.

 Dec 11, 2019
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x^2 ( y + z)   + y^2 ( x + z)  + z^2 ( x + y)  =  6

(x^2y + x^2z + xy^2 + zy^2  + xz^2 + yz^2)  =  6

 

(x + y + z)(xy + xz + yz)   =  18

x^2y + x^2z + xyz + xy^2 + xyz + y^2z + xyz + xz^2 + yz^2   = 18

(x^2y  + x^2z + xy^2  + zy^2 + xz^2 + yz^2)   +  3xyz  =  18

(6)   +  3xyz    =  18

3xyz  =    12

xyz  =  4

 

 

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 Dec 11, 2019

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