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Here is a set of five equations:
$$b+c+d+e=4\\
a+c+d+e=5\\
a+b+d+e=1\\
a+b+c+e=2\\
a+b+c+d=0$$
What do you notice when you add the five equations?
Can you now find the values of $a, b, c, d$ and $e$?
Here is a different set of equations:
$$xy = 1\\
yz = 4\\
zx = 9$$
What do you notice when you multiply the three equations given above?
Can you now find the values of $x, y$ and $z$?
Is there more than one possible set of values?
Here is a third set of equations:
$$ab = 1\\
bc = 2\\
cd = 3\\
de = 4\\
ea = 6$$
Can you find all the sets of values ${a, b, c, d, e}$ that satisfy these equations?
Extension
You may like to have a go at Overturning Fracsum.
Can you create your own set of symmetrical equations?
If x, y and z are real numbers such that: x + y + z = 5 and xy + yz + zx = 3. What is the largest value that any of the numbers can have?