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Ireland geometry
Problem
A line drawn from the vertex of an equilateral triangle meets the side at and the circumcircle at . Show that

Solution
Because , and the triangles and are similar. Thus , so Since is a cyclic quadrilateral, . But the triangle is equilateral so it follows that From the two equations (1) and (2), it follows that Now dividing by the product , we get the desired equality
Techniques
Cyclic quadrilateralsAngle chasing