Question Number 10067 by konen last updated on 22/Jan/17
$$\frac{\mathrm{a}×\mathrm{b}×\mathrm{c}}{\mathrm{a}+\mathrm{b}}=−\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{2}} \\ $$$$\frac{\mathrm{a}×\mathrm{b}×\mathrm{c}}{\mathrm{b}+\mathrm{c}}=\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{2}} \\ $$$$\frac{\mathrm{a}×\mathrm{b}×\mathrm{c}}{\mathrm{a}+\mathrm{c}}=\mathrm{1} \\ $$$$\Rightarrow\mathrm{a}×\mathrm{b}×\mathrm{c}=? \\ $$$$ \\ $$$$ \\ $$
Answered by mrW1 last updated on 22/Jan/17
$${let}\:{u}={a}×{b}×{c} \\ $$$$\Rightarrow{a}+{b}=−\mathrm{2}{u}\:\:\:\:…\left({i}\right) \\ $$$$\Rightarrow{b}+{c}=\mathrm{2}{u}\:\:\:\:\:…\left({ii}\right) \\ $$$$\Rightarrow{a}+{c}={u}\:\:\:\:\:\:…\left({iii}\right) \\ $$$$\left({ii}\right)−\left({iii}\right): \\ $$$${b}−{a}={u}\:\:\:\:…\left({iv}\right) \\ $$$$\left({i}\right)+\left({iv}\right): \\ $$$$\mathrm{2}{b}=−{u} \\ $$$${b}=−\frac{{u}}{\mathrm{2}} \\ $$$${c}=\mathrm{2}{u}−{b}=\mathrm{2}{u}+\frac{{u}}{\mathrm{2}}=\frac{\mathrm{5}{u}}{\mathrm{2}} \\ $$$${a}=−\mathrm{2}{u}−{b}=−\mathrm{2}{u}+\frac{{u}}{\mathrm{2}}=−\frac{\mathrm{3}{u}}{\mathrm{2}} \\ $$$${u}={a}×{b}×{c}=\left(\frac{−\mathrm{3}{u}}{\mathrm{2}}\right)×\left(\frac{−{u}}{\mathrm{2}}\right)×\left(\frac{\mathrm{5}{u}}{\mathrm{2}}\right)=\frac{\mathrm{15}}{\mathrm{8}}{u}^{\mathrm{3}} \\ $$$$\left(\frac{\mathrm{15}}{\mathrm{8}}{u}^{\mathrm{2}} −\mathrm{1}\right){u}=\mathrm{0} \\ $$$${u}\neq\mathrm{0} \\ $$$$\Rightarrow\frac{\mathrm{15}}{\mathrm{8}}{u}^{\mathrm{2}} −\mathrm{1}=\mathrm{0} \\ $$$${u}^{\mathrm{2}} =\frac{\mathrm{8}}{\mathrm{15}} \\ $$$$\Rightarrow{a}×{b}×{c}={u}=\pm\sqrt{\frac{\mathrm{8}}{\mathrm{15}}}=\pm\mathrm{2}\sqrt{\frac{\mathrm{2}}{\mathrm{15}}} \\ $$