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If a+x=b+y=c+z+1, where a, b, c, x, y, z are non-zero distinct real numbers, thenxa+yx+ayb+yy+bzc+yz+c is equal to :
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Options:
  • A y(b  a)
  • B y (a  b)
  • C 0
  • D y(a  c)
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The correct answer is: y (a  b)

Given x+a=y+b=z+c+1

Now xa+ya+xyb+yb+yzc+yc+z=xa+yayb+ybzc+ycC3C3-C1

=xyayybzycC2C2-C3

=yx1ay1bz1c

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 yx1ay-x0b-az-x0c-a=yx1aa-b0-(a-b)z-x0c-a=y(a-b)x1a10-1z-x0c-a=-y(a-b)(c-a+z-x)=y(a-b)

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