If $x,y,$ and $z$ are positive numbers satisfying
\[x + \frac{1}{y} = 4,\qquad y + \frac{1}{z} = 1, \qquad \text{and} \qquad z + \frac{1}{x} = \frac{7}{3}\]
Then what is the value of $xyz$ ?
$\text {(A)}\ \frac{2}{3} \qquad \text {(B)}\ 1 \qquad \text {(C)}\ \frac{4}{3} \qquad \text {(D)}\ 2 \qquad \text {(E)}\ \frac{7}{3}$
We multiply all given expressions to get:
\[(1)xyz + x + y + z + \frac{1}{x} + \frac{1}{y} + \frac{1}{z} + \frac{1}{xyz} = \frac{28}{3}\]
Adding all the given expressions gives that
\[(2) x + y + z + \frac{1}{x} + \frac{1}{y} + \frac{1}{z} = 4 + \frac{7}{3} + 1 = \frac{22}{3}\]
We subtract $(2)$ from $(1)$ to get that $xyz + \frac{1}{xyz} = 2$. Hence, by inspection, $\boxed{xyz = 1 \rightarrow B}$.
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~AopsUser101