Thursday, November 5, 2015

2015/101) factor $a(b^2+c^2-a^2) + ...$(the full question below)

 $a(b^2+c^2-a^2) + b(c^2+a^2-b^2) + c(a^2+b^2-c^2) - 2abc$
Solution 

$a(b^2+c^2-a^2) + b(c^2+a^2-b^2) + c(a^2+b^2-c^2) - 2abc$
=$(ab^2+ac^2-a^3 + bc^2+ a^2b -b^3) + c(a^2+b^2-c^2) - 2abc$
= $(c^2(a + b) + a(b^2-a^2)   + b(a^2-b^2) + c(a^2+b^2-c^2) - 2abc$
= $(c^2(a+b) + (a-b) (b^2 - a^)) + c(a^2+b^2-c^2) - 2abc$
= $(c^2(a+b) -  (a-b)^2(a+b))+ c(a^2+b^2-c^2) - 2abc$
= $(a+b)(c^2 - (a-b)^2) + c(a^2 + b^2 -2ab -c^2)$
= $(a+b)(c^2 - (a-b)^2) + c((a-b)^2 -c^2)$
= $(c^2 - (a-b)^2)((a+b)-c)$
=  $(c+a-b)(c-a+b)(a+b-c)$
=$(a+b-c)(b+c-a)(c+a-b)$

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