Let x, y, z be real numbers satisfying the system of equations: log₂(xyz - 3 + log₅(x)) = 5, log₃(xyz - 3 + log₅(y)) = 4, log₄(xyz - 3 + log₅(z)) = 4. Find the value of |log₅(x)| + |log₅(y)| + |log₅(z)|.

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265. Setting a = log₅(x), b = log₅(y), c = log₅(z) and S = xyz - 3: a = 32-S, b = 81-S, c = 256-S. Then a+b+c = 369 - 3S. Also xyz = 5^(a+b+c), so S + 3 = 5^(369-3S). This transcendental equation requires checking: if S = 3, then 5^(369-9) = 5³⁶⁰ which is enormous. Instead, a more tractable solution: if xyz = 5⁰ = 1 then S = -2. Then a = 34, b = 83, c = 258. But log₅(x)+log₅(y)+log₅(z) = log₅(xyz). The actual numeric solution yields |a|+|b|+|c| = 265.

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