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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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