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Threeequationswithsquarevariables
Let
a^2+b^2+ab=9
b^2+c^2+bc=16
a^2+c^2+ac=25
Whatisthevalueofab+bc+ac?
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NotebySinuhAncelmo
2years,11monthsago

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Takeapoint fromwhichthreelinesegments ,lyingonthesameplane,emanate Sortby:
suchthattheirrespectivelengthsare andtheanglebetweenanytwoofthemis120
degrees.UseCosineruleandthementionedequationstofind whichwillhave Top Newest
values3,4and5units.Nowthistriangle isrightangled(bytheconverseofPythagoras'
Theorem),soit'sareawillbe6sq.units.Also,theareaofthethreetriangles canbefound
outbythesinerule(individually),andnowequateitwiththeearlierfoundarea.Theanswercomesouttobe
.[thecalculationsaretobedonebyyou].ShouryaPandey2years,11monthsago
@ShouryaPandeyIsitpossibletosolvethisalgebraically?OneTop2years,11monthsago
@ShouryaPandeyWell,yourideaisinteresting,butareyousureaboutthevalueofab+bc+ac?shouldn'it
be8*sqrt(3)?Couldyouchekitagain,plz??SinuhAncelmo2years,11monthsago
@SinuhAncelmoCouldyoushowanyalgebraic,onlyalgebraicsolution,friend?SinuhAncelmo
2years,11monthsago
@SinuhAncelmoEdited.ShouryaPandey2years,11monthsago
@ShouryaPandeyYoucanrealizethat8*sqrt(3)isalsoavalidanswerforab+bc+ac,right?Sinuh
Ancelmo2years,11monthsago
@ShouryaPandeyThanks!Alreadyreadyouredition,friend!SinuhAncelmo2years,11monthsago
https://brilliant.org/discussions/thread/threeequationswithsquarevariables/ 1/2
11/14/2016 ThreeequationswithsquarevariablesSinuhAncelmo|Brilliant

whatwillbethealgebricsolutionHelpmeAnitSingh1year,3monthsago
Thesolutioncouldbealgebraicalorgeometrical,Thanksinadvanceforhelp!SinuhAncelmo2years,
11monthsago

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