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Example 8. Positive numbers x,y,zx, y, z satisfy
{x2+xy+y23=25,y23+z2=9,z2+xz+x2=16. \left\{\begin{array}{l} x^{2}+x y+\frac{y^{2}}{3}=25, \\ \frac{y^{2}}{3}+z^{2}=9, \\ z^{2}+x z+x^{2}=16 . \end{array}\right.

Find the value of xy+2yz+3xzx y+2 y z+3 x z.
(18th All-Soviet Union Mathematical Olympiad)

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Solution

Solve as shown in Figure 4, construct
a right-angled triangle with side lengths of 3,
4, and 5, and
make BPC=90,APC\angle B P C=90^{\circ}, \angle A P C
=150=150^{\circ}, then APB=\angle A P B=
120120^{\circ}. By the cosine rule, we get
{x2+(y3)22xy3cos150=52,(y3)2+z22y3zcos90=32,z2+x22xzcos120=42. Also, SAPB=12xzsin120=34xz,SBPC=12y3zsin90=36yz,SAPC=12xy3sin150=312xy,SABC=12×4×3=6. \begin{array}{l} \left\{\begin{array}{l} x^{2}+\left(\frac{y}{\sqrt{3}}\right)^{2}-2 x \cdot \frac{y}{\sqrt{3}} \cos 150^{\circ}=5^{2}, \\ \left(\frac{y}{\sqrt{3}}\right)^{2}+z^{2}-2 \cdot \frac{y}{\sqrt{3}} \cdot z \cdot \cos 90^{\circ}=3^{2}, \\ z^{2}+x^{2}-2 x z \cdot \cos 120^{\circ}=4^{2} . \end{array}\right. \\ \text { Also, } \because S_{\triangle A P B}=\frac{1}{2} x z \sin 120^{\circ}=\frac{\sqrt{3}}{4} x z, \\ S_{\triangle B P C}=\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{y}{\sqrt{3}} \cdot z \sin 90^{\circ}=\frac{\sqrt{3}}{6} y z, \\ S_{\triangle A P C}=\frac{1}{2} x \cdot \frac{y}{\sqrt{3}} \sin 150^{\circ}=\frac{\sqrt{3}}{12} x y, \\ S_{\triangle A B C}=\frac{1}{2} \times 4 \times 3=6 . \end{array}

And SABC=SAPB+SAA+SAPCS_{\triangle A B C}=S_{\triangle A P B}+S_{\triangle A A^{\prime}}+S_{\triangle A P C}.
312xy+36yz+34xz=6.312(xy+2yz+3xz)=6.xy+2yz+3xz=243. \begin{array}{l} \therefore \frac{\sqrt{3}}{12} x y+\frac{\sqrt{3}}{6} y z+\frac{\sqrt{3}}{4} x z=6 . \\ \frac{\sqrt{3}}{12}(x y+2 y z+3 x z)=6 . \\ \therefore x y+2 y z+3 x z=24 \sqrt{3} . \end{array}

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