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[hide]Problem
Suppose that , , and are positive real numbers such that , , and . Find
Solution 1
First, we have:
Now, let , then we have:
This is all we need to evaluate the given formula. Note that in our case we have , , and . We can now compute:
Similarly, we get
and
and therefore the answer is .
Solution 2
We know from the first three equations that = , = , and = . Substituting, we find
.
We know that , so we find
.
The and the cancel out to make , and we can do this for the other two terms. We obtain
.
See Also
2009 AIME II (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
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