Prove

This will be torn apart, still it should help us recall some useful facts:

Prove that:

\sum_{cyc} \frac{(a+b)(a+c)}{(a-b)(a-c)} = 1

13 Answers

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Lokesh Verma ·

no takers?

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rahul1993 Duggal ·

unelegant proof :)

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Arshad ~Died~ ·

what helpful fact does this make us recall.........it is damn simple

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Devil ·

@ arshad, wait for bhat sir's soln.

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Hari Shankar ·

arshad bhai is welcome to post his solution

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Lokesh Verma ·

i guess arshad was referrring to rahul's solution :)

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Arshad ~Died~ ·

yes i was indeed
but i studied about this in 10th as an identity
so what is the need to prove an identity

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Lokesh Verma ·

Arshad.. then most of what is discussed is either already known as a fact or proved earlier :P

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Hari Shankar ·

this is one guy who needs a change in attitude

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Arshad ~Died~ ·

sorry sir........
but i was just trying to say that we never prove that
(a+b)^2=a^2+b^2+2ab
we just take it as an identity...do we not...though we know that we can prove it any time we want.....
sorry once again if u think my attitude is wrong....

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Hari Shankar ·

my advice would be: as long as you are aspiring for jee never underestimate any problem that comes your way nor any solution that you see. If you do, you are missing a chance or learn/recall something.

What I had in mind was:

We know the identitty:

\frac{(x-b)(x-c)}{(a-b)(a-c)} + \frac{(x-c)(x-a)}{(b-c)(b-a )}+\frac{(x-a)(x-b)}{(c-a)(c-b )} = 1

Now substitute x=a+b+c

This leads to a number of identities by putting x = 0, 1 or a+b etc. What will remind us of the parent identity ( which is what happened with me when I saw the problem) is the denominator.

Hope this is helpful

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injun joe ·

Thanx for the reminder, sir.:)

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Arshad ~Died~ ·

oh sorry sir.......i see that u are right...
will try to be less careless in the future

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