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Exponentiate In Pairs, Get Numbers (Posted on 2007-06-08) Difficulty: 2 of 5
Determine all possible positive real triplets (a, b, c) satisfying ab =c; bc = a and ca = b

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Another solution Comment 6 of 6 |
Using OOO's explanation abc=1:

The problem states all are positive. Then, if a>1, then b<1 or c<1 (or both). Since c^a=b, and a>1 then c<b. So c<1, and thus so must b<1. However, since b^c=a, this implies a<1

  Posted by Gamer on 2007-06-08 23:53:55
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