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Prove that:

(xaxb)a+bc×(xbxc)b+ca×(xcxa)c+ab=1\Big(\dfrac{x^a}{x^b}\Big)^{a + b - c} \times \Big(\dfrac{x^b}{x^c}\Big)^{b + c - a} \times \Big(\dfrac{x^c}{x^a}\Big)^{c + a - b} = 1

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Given,

(xaxb)a+bc×(xbxc)b+ca×(xcxa)c+ab=1\Big(\dfrac{x^a}{x^b}\Big)^{a + b - c} \times \Big(\dfrac{x^b}{x^c}\Big)^{b + c - a} \times \Big(\dfrac{x^c}{x^a}\Big)^{c + a - b} = 1

Solving L.H.S :

(xaxb)a+bc×(xbxc)b+ca×(xcxa)c+abx(ab)(a+bc)×x(bc)(b+ca)×x(ca)(c+ab)x(a2+abacabb2+bc)×x(b2+bcabbcc2+ac)×x(c2+acbcaca2+ab)x(a2b2+bcac)×x(b2c2+acab)×x(c2a2+abbc)x(a2b2+bcac)+(b2c2+acab)+(c2a2+abbc)x(a2a2b2+b2c2+c2+bcbcac+acab+ab)x01.\Rightarrow \Big(\dfrac{x^a}{x^b}\Big)^{a + b - c} \times \Big(\dfrac{x^b}{x^c}\Big)^{b + c - a} \times \Big(\dfrac{x^c}{x^a}\Big)^{c + a - b} \\[1em] \Rightarrow x^{(a - b)(a + b - c)} \times x^{(b - c)(b + c - a)} \times x^{(c - a)(c + a - b)}\\[1em] \Rightarrow x^{(a^2 + ab − ac − ab − b^2 + bc)} \times x^{(b^2 + bc − ab − bc − c^2 + ac)} \times x^{(c^2 + ac − bc − ac − a^2 + ab)} \\[1em] \Rightarrow x^{(a^2 − b^2 + bc − ac)} \times x^{(b^2 − c^2 + ac − ab)} \times x^{(c^2 − a^2 + ab − bc)} \\[1em] \Rightarrow x^{(a^2 − b^2 + bc − ac) + (b^2 − c^2 + ac − ab) + (c^2 − a^2 + ab − bc)} \\[1em] \Rightarrow x^{(a^2 − a^2 − b^2 + b^2 − c^2 + c^2 + bc − bc − ac + ac − ab + ab )} \\[1em] \Rightarrow x^0 \\[1em] \Rightarrow 1.

Hence proved, (xaxb)a+bc×(xbxc)b+ca×(xcxa)c+ab=1\Big(\dfrac{x^a}{x^b}\Big)^{a + b - c} \times \Big(\dfrac{x^b}{x^c}\Big)^{b + c - a} \times \Big(\dfrac{x^c}{x^a}\Big)^{c + a - b} = 1.

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