HMMT 十一月 2014 · GEN 赛 · 第 8 题
HMMT November 2014 — GEN Round — Problem 8
题目详情
英文原题
- Let a , b , c , x be reals with ( a + b )( b + c )( c + a ) 6 = 0 that satisfy
2 2 2 2 2 2
a a b b c c = + 20 , = + 14 , and = + x.
a + b a + c b + c b + a c + a c + b
Compute x .
解析
英文解析
- Let a , b , c , x be reals with ( a + b )( b + c )( c + a ) 6 = 0 that satisfy
2 2 2 2 2 2
a a b b c c = + 20 , = + 14 , and = + x.
a + b a + c b + c b + a c + a c + b
Compute x .
General Test
Answer: − 34 Note that
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
a b c a b c a − b b − c c − a + + − − − = + +
a + b b + c c + a c + a a + b b + c a + b b + c c + a = ( a − b ) + ( b − c ) + ( c − a ) = 0 .
Thus, when we sum up all the given equations, we get that
20 + 14 + x = 0. Therefore, x = − 34.