Problem: Let $x,$ $y,$ and $z$ be positive real numbers satisfying the system of equations: \begin{align*} \sqrt{2x-xy} + \sqrt{2y-xy} &= 1 \\ \sqrt{2y-yz} + \sqrt{2z-yz} &= \sqrt2 \\ \sqrt{2z-zx} + \sqrt{2x-zx} &= \sqrt3. \end{align*} Then $\left[ (1-x)(1-y)(1-z) \right]^2$ can be written as $\frac{m}{n},$ where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $m+n.$

Solution: (This eventually whittles down to the same concept as Solution 1)
Note that in each equation in this system, it is possible to factor $\sqrt{x}$ $\sqrt{y}$ , or $\sqrt{z}$ from each term (on the left sides), since each of $x$ $y$ , and $z$ are positive real numbers. After factoring out accordingly from each terms one of $\sqrt{x}$ $\sqrt{y}$ , or $\sqrt{z}$ , the system should look like this: \begin{align*} \sqrt{x}\cdot\sqrt{2-y} + \sqrt{y}\cdot\sqrt{2-x} &= 1 \\ \sqrt{y}\cdot\sqrt{2-z} + \sqrt{z}\cdot\sqrt{2-y} &= \sqrt2 \\ \sqrt{z}\cdot\sqrt{2-x} + \sqrt{x}\cdot\sqrt{2-z} &= \sqrt3. \end{align*}
This should give off tons of trigonometry vibes. To make the connection clear, $x = 2\cos^2 \alpha$ $y = 2\cos^2 \beta$ , and $z = 2\cos^2 \theta$ is a helpful substitution:
\begin{align*} \sqrt{2\cos^2 \alpha}\cdot\sqrt{2-2\cos^2 \beta} + \sqrt{2\cos^2 \beta}\cdot\sqrt{2-2\cos^2 \alpha} &= 1 \\ \sqrt{2\cos^2 \beta}\cdot\sqrt{2-2\cos^2 \theta} + \sqrt{2\cos^2 \theta}\cdot\sqrt{2-2\cos^2 \beta} &= \sqrt2 \\ \sqrt{2\cos^2 \theta}\cdot\sqrt{2-2\cos^2 \alpha} + \sqrt{2\cos^2 \alpha}\cdot\sqrt{2-2\cos^2 \theta} &= \sqrt3. \end{align*}
From each equation $\sqrt{2}^2$ can be factored out, and when every equation is divided by 2, we get:
\begin{align*} \sqrt{\cos^2 \alpha}\cdot\sqrt{1-\cos^2 \beta} + \sqrt{\cos^2 \beta}\cdot\sqrt{1-\cos^2 \alpha} &= \frac{1}{2} \\ \sqrt{\cos^2 \beta}\cdot\sqrt{1-\cos^2 \theta} + \sqrt{\cos^2 \theta}\cdot\sqrt{1-\cos^2 \beta} &= \frac{\sqrt2}{2} \\ \sqrt{\cos^2 \theta}\cdot\sqrt{1-\cos^2 \alpha} + \sqrt{\cos^2 \alpha}\cdot\sqrt{1-\cos^2 \theta} &= \frac{\sqrt3}{2}. \end{align*}
which simplifies to (using the Pythagorean identity $\sin^2 \phi + \cos^2 \phi = 1 \; \forall \; \phi \in \mathbb{C}$ ):
\begin{align*} \cos \alpha\cdot\sin \beta + \cos \beta\cdot\sin \alpha &= \frac{1}{2} \\ \cos \beta\cdot\sin \theta + \cos \theta\cdot\sin \beta &= \frac{\sqrt2}{2} \\ \cos \theta\cdot\sin \alpha + \cos \alpha\cdot\sin \theta &= \frac{\sqrt3}{2}. \end{align*}
which further simplifies to (using sine addition formula $\sin(a + b) = \sin a \cos b + \cos a \sin b$ ):
\begin{align*} \sin(\alpha + \beta) &= \frac{1}{2} \\ \sin(\beta + \theta) &= \frac{\sqrt2}{2} \\ \sin(\alpha + \theta) &= \frac{\sqrt3}{2}. \end{align*}
Taking the inverse sine ( $0\leq\theta\frac{\pi}{2}$ ) of each equation yields a simple system:
\begin{align*} \alpha + \beta &= \frac{\pi}{6} \\ \beta + \theta &= \frac{\pi}{4} \\ \alpha + \theta &= \frac{\pi}{3} \end{align*}
giving solutions:
\begin{align*} \alpha &= \frac{\pi}{8} \\ \beta &= \frac{\pi}{24} \\ \theta &= \frac{5\pi}{24} \end{align*}
Since these unknowns are directly related to our original unknowns, there are consequent solutions for those:
\begin{align*} x &= 2\cos^2\left(\frac{\pi}{8}\right) \\ y &= 2\cos^2\left(\frac{\pi}{24}\right) \\ z &= 2\cos^2\left(\frac{5\pi}{24}\right) \end{align*}
When plugging into the expression $\left[ (1-x)(1-y)(1-z) \right]^2$ , noting that $-\cos 2\phi = 1 - 2\cos^2 \phi\; \forall \; \phi \in \mathbb{C}$ helps to simplify this expression into:
\begin{align*} \left[ (-1)^3\left(\cos \left(2\cdot\frac{\pi}{8}\right)\cos \left(2\cdot\frac{\pi}{24}\right)\cos \left(2\cdot\frac{5\pi}{24}\right)\right)\right]^2 \\ = \left[ (-1)\left(\cos \left(\frac{\pi}{4}\right)\cos \left(\frac{\pi}{12}\right)\cos \left(\frac{5\pi}{12}\right)\right)\right]^2 \end{align*}
Now, all the cosines in here are fairly standard:
\begin{align*} \cos \frac{\pi}{4} &= \frac{\sqrt{2}}{2} \\ \cos \frac{\pi}{12} &=\frac{\sqrt{6} + \sqrt{2}}{4} & (= \cos{\frac{\frac{\pi}{6}}{2}} ) \\ \cos \frac{5\pi}{12} &= \frac{\sqrt{6} - \sqrt{2}}{4} & (=  \cos\left({\frac{\pi}{6} + \frac{\pi}{4}} \right) ) \end{align*}
With some final calculations:
\begin{align*} &(-1)^2\left(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{2}\right)^2\left(\frac{\sqrt{6} + \sqrt{2}}{4}\right)^2\left(\frac{\sqrt{6} - \sqrt{2}}{4}\right)^2 \\ =& \left(\frac{1}{2}\right) \left(\left(\frac{\sqrt{6} + \sqrt{2}}{4}\right)\left(\frac{\sqrt{6} - \sqrt{2}}{4}\right)\right)^2 \\ =&\frac{1}{2} \frac{4^2}{16^2} = \frac{1}{32} \end{align*}
This is our answer in simplest form $\frac{m}{n}$ , so $m + n = 1 + 32 = \boxed{033}$

Answer:  033