Real nonzero numbers a, b, c, d satisfy the conditions a3+b3+c3+d3=0 and a1+b1+c1+d1=0. Prove that a+b+c+d=0.
Solution
Solution. We will use method from contradiction. Suppose a+b+c+d=0. Thus a+b=−(c+d). Therefore, we can obtain such equalities: (a+b)3=−(c+d)3⇔a3+b3+3ab(a+b)=−c3−d3−3cd(c+d)⇔3ab(a+b)+3cd(c+d)=0⇔−3ab(c+d)−3cd(a+b)=0⇔ab(c+d)+cd(a+b)=0⇔abc+abd+acd+bcd=0. That contradicts the conditions since: a1+b1+c1+d1=0⇔abcdabc+abd+acd+bcd=0⇔abc+abd+acd+bcd=0.
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