Q.If \[ (a+b+c)x = (b+c-a)y = (c+a-b)z = (a+b-c)w \] prove that \[ \cfrac{1}{y}+\cfrac{1}{z}+\cfrac{1}{w}=\cfrac{1}{x} \]

Let \[ (a+b+c)x = (b+c-a)y = (c+a-b)z = (a+b-c)w = k \] \[ \therefore \cfrac{1}{x}=\cfrac{k}{(a+b+c)} \] \[ \cfrac{1}{y}=\cfrac{k}{(b+c-a)} \] \[ \cfrac{1}{z}=\cfrac{k}{(c+a-b)} \] \[ \cfrac{1}{w}=\cfrac{k}{(a+b-c)} \] \[ \cfrac{1}{y}+\cfrac{1}{z} \] \[ =\cfrac{k}{(b+c-a)}+\cfrac{k}{(c+a-b)} \] \[ =\cfrac{k(\cancel{b}+c-\cancel{a}+c+\cancel{a}-\cancel{b})}{(b+c-a)(c+a-b)} \] \[ =\cfrac{k \cdot 2c}{\cancel{bc}+ab-b^2+c^2+\cancel{ac}-\cancel{bc}-\cancel{ac}-a^2+ab} \] \[ =\cfrac{2ck}{c^2-b^2+2ab-a^2} \] \[ \cfrac{1}{x}-\cfrac{1}{z} \] \[ =\cfrac{k}{(a+b+c)}-\cfrac{k}{(a+b-c)} \] \[ =\cfrac{k(a+b-c)-k(a+b+c)}{(a+b-c)(a+b-c)} \] \[ =\cfrac{k(\cancel{a}+\cancel{b}-c-\cancel{a}-\cancel{b}-c)}{a^2+ab-\cancel{ac}+ab+b^2-\cancel{bc}+\cancel{ac}+\cancel{bc}-c^2} \] \[ =\cfrac{k \cdot (-2c)}{a^2+2ab+b^2-c^2} \] \[ =\cfrac{2kc}{c^2-a^2+2ab+b^2} \]
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