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Prove that $a^2 + b^2 + c^2 – ab – bc – ca$ is always non-negative for all values of $a, b$ and $c$.
To do:
We have to prove that $a^2 + b^2 + c^2 – ab – bc – ca$ is always non-negative for all values of $a, b$ and $c$.
Solution:
We know that,
$(a+b)^2=a^2+b^2+2ab$
$(a-b)^2=a^2+b^2-2ab$
$(a+b)(a-b)=a^2-b^2$
Therefore,
$a^{2}+b^{2}+c^{2}-a b-b c-c a$
Multiplying and dividing the above expression by 2, we get,
$\frac{2}{2}\times a^{2}+b^{2}+c^{2}-a b-b c-c a=\frac{1}{2}[2 a^{2}+2 b^{2}+2 c^{2}-2 a b-2 b c-2 c a]$
$=\frac{1}{2}[a^{2}+b^{2}-2 a b+b^{2}+c^{2}-2 b c+c^{2}+a^{2}-2 c a]$
$=\frac{1}{2}[(a-b)^{2}+(b-c)^{2}+(c-a)^{2}]$
The sum of the squares of any numbers is always non-negative for all values of $a, b$ and $c$.
Hence proved.
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