Simultaneous differential equation

In summary, the conversation discusses a differential equation and a request for suggestions on how to solve it. The answer given in the book is also mentioned, along with potential substitutions that were attempted but deemed unsuccessful. The corrected version of the differential equation is also provided for clarity.
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I have this book that gives the following differential equation:

[tex]\frac{dx}{y+z}[/tex] = [tex]\frac{dy}{x+z}[/tex] = [tex]\frac{dz}{x+z}[/tex]

Could anyone give any suggestions on how to solve this? Thanks.

By the way, the book gives the answer as:

[tex]\sqrt{x+y+z}[/tex] = [tex]\frac{a}{z-y}[/tex] = [tex]\frac{b}{x-z}[/tex]

I think that there should be some kind of substitution, but all I could think of was u=x+y, u=x+z, u=y+z, and u=x+y+z. All of them came up short.
 
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Wait, the actual differential equation is:

[tex]\frac{dx}{y+z}[/tex] = [tex]\frac{dy}{x+z}[/tex] = [tex]\frac{dz}{x+y}[/tex]
 

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