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\(If $a,b,c$ are positive integers less than $13$ such that \begin{align*} 2ab+bc+ca&\equiv 0\pmod{13}\\ ab+2bc+ca&\equiv 6abc\pmod{13}\\ ab+bc+2ca&\equiv 8abc\pmod {13} \end{align*}then determine the remainder when $a+b+c$ is divided by $13$.\)

Please help I really am bad at these sorts of things.

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 Jan 5, 2019

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