Daily Workout May22

M. Prakash Academy

Todays theme: System of simultaneous equations and roots of polynomial equation. Revision: First of all recall the notation. What does S1 , S2 , S3 , ... and 1 , 2 , 3 , ... represent? How are these quantities related to each other? Revise and master the following identities. Do not use them unless you have proved them independently. 2 3 S1 = 1 , S2 = 1 22 , S3 = 1 31 2 + 33 . 1 2 3 1 = S1 , 2 = 2 (S1 S2 ) , 3 = 1 (S1 3S1 S2 + 2S3 ) . 6 P1 Solve the simultaneous equations, a + b + c = 1, a2 + b2 + c2 = 9, abc = 4. P2 Solve the simultaneous equations, a + b + c = 1, a2 + b2 + c2 = 29, a3 + b3 + c3 = 29. P3 Solve the simultaneous equations, (a + b)(b + c) + (b + c)(c + a) + (c + a)(a + b) = 1, a2 (b + c) + b2 (c + a) + c2 (a + b) = 6, a + b + c = 2. P4 Solve the simultaneous equations, ab(a + b) + bc(b + c) + ca(c + a) = 12, ab(a2 + b2 ) + bc(b2 + c2 ) + ca(c2 + a2 ) = 12, ab + bc + ca = 0. P5 Solve the simultaneous equations, a + b + c = 0, a2 + b 2 + c 2 = a3 + b 3 + c 3 , abc = 2.