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Given that a3+3ab2b3+3a2b=6362.\dfrac{a^3 + 3ab^2}{b^3 + 3a^2b} = \dfrac{63}{62}. Using componendo and dividendo, find a : b.

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Given,

a3+3ab2b3+3a2b=6362\dfrac{a^3 + 3ab^2}{b^3 + 3a^2b} = \dfrac{63}{62}

By componendo and dividendo,

a3+3ab2+b3+3a2ba3+3ab2b33a2b=63+626362(a+bab)3=125(a+bab)3=(5)3a+bab=5a+b=5a5b5aa=b+5b4a=6bab=64=23a:b=3:2.\Rightarrow \dfrac{a^3 + 3ab^2 + b^3 + 3a^2b}{a^3 + 3ab^2 - b^3 - 3a^2b} = \dfrac{63 + 62}{63 - 62} \\[1em] \Rightarrow \Big(\dfrac{a + b}{a - b}\Big)^3 = 125 \\[1em] \Rightarrow \Big(\dfrac{a + b}{a - b}\Big)^3 = (5)^3 \\[1em] \Rightarrow \dfrac{a + b}{a - b} = 5 \\[1em] \Rightarrow a + b = 5a - 5b \\[1em] \Rightarrow 5a - a = b + 5b \\[1em] \Rightarrow 4a = 6b \\[1em] \Rightarrow \dfrac{a}{b} = \dfrac{6}{4} = \dfrac{2}{3} \\[1em] \Rightarrow a : b = 3 : 2.

Hence, the value of a : b = 3 : 2.

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