Simplify each of the following $a (b - c) + b (c - a) + c (a - b)$

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Solution

We have,
$a (b - c) + b (c - a) + c (a - b)$
$= a b - a c + b c - a b + a c - b c$
$= 0$

Hence, this is the answer.

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