#### thebossman21

Have you tried the hints in that attachment? That gives you rather clear instructions.
Can you express all in terms of $$\displaystyle x,\;y\;\;\&\;z\;?$$
So you can’t help then?

#### topsquark

Forum Staff
Is that okay?
What Plato is trying to do is find out what you already know. That way he can help you better. We are a help site...We don't usually just post the answers.

If you can write everything in terms of x, y, and z please post what you have as well as any other work you've done.

-Dan

#### thebossman21

What Plato is trying to do is find out what you already know. That way he can help you better. We are a help site...We don't usually just post the answers.

If you can write everything in terms of x, y, and z please post what you have as well as any other work you've done.

-Dan
Yes I understand that and I’ve explained to him that I can’t provide anything as I’m totally stuck. Like if he doesn’t want to help me then tell me, instead of wasting my time. What’s your suggestion? I’m literally clueless on what to do hence why I want to learn from his answer.

#### topsquark

Forum Staff
What Plato has been waiting for is to see your attempt at writing out the equation in x, y, and z. Without that we don't know what you might be doing wrong. We can't help if we don't know where the error might be.

Here are the highlights:

Your equation, in terms of x, y, and z is
$$\displaystyle | \vec{x} + \vec{y} |^2 z + | \vec{y} + \vec{z} |^2 x - y^2 | \vec{x} - \vec{z} | = | \vec{x} - \vec{z} | xz$$

Writing this out:
$$\displaystyle (x^2 + y^2 + 2xy~cos( \theta ) ) z + (y^2 + z^2 + 2yz~cos( \pi - \theta ) )x - y^2(x + z) = (x + z)xz$$
(where $$\displaystyle \theta$$ is the angle ADC.)

Expanding these out and noting that $$\displaystyle cos( \pi - \theta ) = - cos( \theta )$$ the y terms drop out, leaving
$$\displaystyle x^2z + xz^2 = (x + z)xz$$, which is true for all x, z.

-Dan

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#### thebossman21

Here are the highlights:

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Your equation, in terms of x, y, and z is
$$\displaystyle | \vec{x} + \vec{y} |^2 z + | \vec{y} + \vec{z} |^2 x - y^2 | \vec{x} - \vec{z} | = | \vec{x} - \vec{z} | xz$$

Writing this out:
$$\displaystyle (x^2 + z^2 + 2xz~cos( \theta ) ) z + (y^2 + z^2 + 2yz~cos( \pi - \theta ) )x - y^2(x + z) = (x + z)xz$$
(where $$\displaystyle \theta$$ is the angle ADC.)

Expanding these out and noting that $$\displaystyle cos( \pi - \theta ) = - cos( \theta )$$ the y terms drop out, leaving
$$\displaystyle x^2z + xz^2 = (x + z)xz$$, which is true for all x, z.

-Dan
Wow thank you for the help Dan. That’s much clearer now, all thanks to you.