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Short answer type questions:

Let us write the simplest value of

Let p = (b2 – c2), q = (c2 – a2) and r = (a2 – b2)


Since p + q+ r = 0 and we have an identity that if,


x + y + z = 0, the x3 + y3 + z 3 = 3xyz


p3 + q3 + r3 = 3pqr


Similarly in denominator of given fraction, we see that sum of all the individual terms is equal to 0, so same identity can be applied in denominator as well.


The fractions reduces to:



Also as, x2 – y2 = (x - y)(x + y)



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