Vì \(a+b+c+d\ne0\) nên áp dụng tính chất của dãy tỉ số bằng nhau, ta có:
\(\dfrac{a}{b}=\dfrac{b}{c}=\dfrac{c}{d}=\dfrac{d}{a}=\dfrac{a+b+c+d}{b+c+d+a}=1\)
\(\Rightarrow\left\{{}\begin{matrix}a=b\\b=c\\c=d\\d=a\end{matrix}\right.\) \(\Rightarrow a=b=c=d\) (1)
Thay (1) vào P, ta có:
\(P=\dfrac{2a-a}{a+a}+\dfrac{2a-a}{a+a}+\dfrac{2a-a}{a+a}=\dfrac{2a-a}{a+a}\)
\(\Rightarrow P=\dfrac{a}{2a}+\dfrac{a}{2a}+\dfrac{a}{2a}+\dfrac{a}{2a}=\dfrac{1}{2}+\dfrac{1}{2}+\dfrac{1}{2}+\dfrac{1}{2}=2\)
Vậy P = 2
Đặt \(\dfrac{a}{b}=\dfrac{b}{c}=\dfrac{c}{d}=\dfrac{d}{a}=k\)
\(\Rightarrow\dfrac{a}{b}.\dfrac{b}{c}.\dfrac{c}{d}.\dfrac{d}{a}=k^4\)
\(\Rightarrow k=\pm1\)
- Với \(k=1\) :
\(\dfrac{a}{b}=\dfrac{b}{c}=\dfrac{c}{d}=\dfrac{d}{a}\)
\(\Rightarrow a=b=c=d\)
- Với \(k=-1\) :
\(\dfrac{a}{b}=\dfrac{b}{c}=\dfrac{c}{d}=\dfrac{d}{a}=-1\)
\(\Rightarrow\left[{}\begin{matrix}a=-b\\b=-c\\c=-d\\d=-a\end{matrix}\right.\)
\(\Rightarrow a=-b=c=-d\)
\(\Rightarrow P=\dfrac{2a+a}{2a+a}+\dfrac{-2a-a}{-2a-a}+\dfrac{2a+a}{2a+a}+\dfrac{-2a-a}{-2a-a}\)
\(\Rightarrow P=4\)