You have the system of equations:

$a(b+c) = 15$ $b(a+c) = 16$ $c(a+b) = 7$

Let's proceed to solve for $a$, $b$, and $c$.

Step 1: Expand the equations

We can expand the left-hand sides of the equations to obtain:

1. $ab + ac = 15$
2. $ab + bc = 16$
3. $ac + bc = 7$

Step 2: Solve the system of equations

Let's first subtract equation 1 from equation 2 to eliminate $ab$.

$(ab + bc) - (ab + ac) = 16 - 15$ $bc - ac = 1$ Factor out $c$ on the left-hand side: $c(b - a) = 1$ Thus, we have the equation: $c = \frac{1}{b - a}$

Now subtract equation 1 from equation 3: $(ac + bc) - (ab + ac) = 7 - 15$ $bc - ab = -8$ Factor out $b$ on the left-hand side: $b(c - a) = -8$ Thus, we have the equation: $b = \frac{-8}{c - a}$

Step 3: Substitute and solve

Now we have two equations:

1. $c = \frac{1}{b - a}$
2. $b = \frac{-8}{c - a}$

We can substitute these into one another to solve for one variable at a time.

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