Find all triples of real numbers that satisfy the system of equations
Solutions — 2
Solution 1
Denote , and . Adding 1 to the sides of all equations and factorizing in the left gives
If then the first and the third equation of (2) imply and . Analogously, if or then are all equal to zero. This case leads to the solution to the initial system. If none of is zero then pairwise multiplication of the equations of (2) and each time reducing similar factors from both sides gives . Thus each of the numbers is either 1 or -1. The case satisfies (2) and leads to the solution of the initial system. The cases with exactly two of numbers being equal to -1 also satisfy (2) and lead to the solutions , and of the initial system. Multiplying the corresponding sides of all equations of (2) and reducing by factor gives , whence there are no more solutions (the value -1 cannot occur an odd number of times).
Solution 2
Substituting from the first equation into the second one gives the equation which is equivalent to . Thus we have or or .
* If then the first equation implies . Substituting into the third equation gives . Hence the solution .
* If then the first equation implies . Substituting into the third equation gives . Thus or , leading to the solutions and .
* If then the first equation implies . Substituting it into the third equation gives . Thus either and or and which lead to the solutions and .