9231 P11 - Jun 2017 - Q7 - 8 marks
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By finding a cubic equation whose roots are \(\alpha, \beta\) and \(\gamma\), solve the set of simultaneous equations
\(\begin{aligned} \alpha+\beta+\gamma & =-1 \\ \alpha^{2}+\beta^{2}+\gamma^{2} & =29 \\ \frac{1}{\alpha}+\frac{1}{\beta}+\frac{1}{\gamma} & =-1 \end{aligned}\)
