2017 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 21
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Problem
Suppose ,
, and
are nonzero real numbers, and
. What are the possible value(s) for
?
Solution 1
There are cases to consider:
Case :
of
,
, and
are positive and the other is negative. WLOG, we can assume that
and
are positive and
is negative. In this case, we have that
Case :
of
,
, and
are negative and the other is positive. Without loss of generality, we can assume that
and
are negative and
is positive. In this case, we have that
In both cases, we get that the given expression equals .
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