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x2=y+z;y2=x+z;z2=x+y
1(x+1)+1(y+1)+1(z+1)

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Solution

11+x+11+y+11+z
Multiply both the numerator and denominator of the first term by x, second term by y, third term by z. Doing that we get:
xx+x2+yy+y2+zz+z2
Now consider x2=y+z
Adding x on both sides of the equation, we get:
x+x2=x+y+z
Taking the reciprocal and multyplying by x on both sides:
xx+x2=x(x+y+z)
Doing the same for the other terms we get:
yx+y+z and z(x+y+z)
Adding all three terms we get: (x+y+z)(x+y+z)=1
So in the case when x,y,z not equal to 0 we get 1
If we consider the case when one of the terms can be 0, then the answer would be e
so the answer to this question will be either 1 or 3

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