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9231 P11 - Jun 2015 - Q4 - 8 marks
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The roots of the cubic equation \(x^{3}-7 x^{2}+2 x-3=0\) are \(\alpha, \beta\) and \(\gamma\). Find the values of
(i) \(\frac{1}{(\alpha \beta)(\beta \gamma)(\gamma \alpha)}\),
(ii) \(\frac{1}{\alpha \beta}+\frac{1}{\beta \gamma}+\frac{1}{\gamma \alpha}\),
(iii) \(\frac{1}{\alpha^{2} \beta \gamma}+\frac{1}{\alpha \beta^{2} \gamma}+\frac{1}{\alpha \beta \gamma^{2}}\).

Deduce a cubic equation, with integer coefficients, having roots \(\frac{1}{\alpha \beta}, \frac{1}{\beta \gamma}\) and \(\frac{1}{\gamma \alpha}\).

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