If for the real numbers x,y,z,k the following conditions are valid, x=y=z=x and x3+y3+k(x2+y2)=y3+z3+k(y2+z2)=z3+x3+k(z2+x2)=2008, find the product xyz.
A number or a short expression. Spacing and $ signs are ignored.
Solution
x3+y3+k(x2+y2)=y3+z3+k(y2+z2)⇒x2+xz+z2=−k(x+z):(1) and y3+z3+k(y2+z2)=z3+x3+k(z2+x2)⇒y2+yx+x2=−k(y+x):(2)
- From (1) −(2)⇒x+y+z=−k:(∗) - If x+z=0, then from (1)⇒x2+xz+z2=0⇒(x+z)2=xz⇒xz=0
So x=z=0, contradiction since x=z and therefore (1)⇒−k=x+zx2+xz+z2
Similarly we have: −k=y+xy2+yx+x2.
So x+zx2+xz+z2=x+yy2+xy+x2 from which xy+yz+zx=0:(∗∗).
We substitute k in x3+y3+k(x2+y2)=2008 from the relation (∗) and using the (∗∗), we finally obtain that 2xyz=2008 and therefore xyz=1004.
Remark: x,y,z must be the distinct real solutions of the equation t3+kt2−1004=0. Such solutions exist if (and only if) k>33251.
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