Find the number of ordered triplets satisfying $5\left(x+\frac{1}{x}\right)=12\left(y+\frac{1}{y}\right)=13\left(z+\frac{1}{z}\right)$ Find the number of ordered triplets $(x,y,z)$ of real numbers satisfying $$5\left(x+\frac{1}{x}\right)=12\left(y+\frac{1}{y}\right)=13\left(z+\frac{1}{z}\right)$$
and
$$xy+yz+zx=1$$
My try:
Letting:
$$\left(x+\frac{1}{x}\right)=\frac{k}{5}\tag{1}$$
$$\left(y+\frac{1}{y}\right)=\frac{k}{12}\tag{2}$$
$$\left(z+\frac{1}{z}\right)=\frac{k}{13}\tag{3}$$
By $AM-GM$
$$\left(z+\frac{1}{z}\right)^2 \ge 4$$
So $$k^2 \ge 676$$
Adding $(1),(2),(3)$ we get:
$$x+y+z+\frac{xy+yz+zx}{xyz}=\frac{281k}{780}$$
$$x+y+z+\frac{1}{xyz}=\frac{281k}{780}$$
Any clue from here?

From the $xy+yz+zx=1$ we get $x = \frac{1-yz}{y+z}$.  Substitute that into $5 (x+1/x)-12 (y+1/y)$.  Taking the numerator of this and   the numerator  of $12 (y + 1/y) - 13 (z + 1/z)$, you can eliminate $y$ and get $z (z^4-1) = 0$.  Since $z=0$ is not allowed, $z = \pm 1$.  From that you can find the $y$ and $x$ values.
