Let be the midpoint of side of an equilateral triangle . The point is on extended such that is between and . The point is on extended such that is between and , and . The point is the intersection of and . Prove that .
Solutions — 2
Solution 1
Let on extended be such that . Join to .

Triangles and are similar, hence and so . Alternatively, we may define to be the point on extended such that and is between and .
Since , and , triangles and are congruent by SAS. This implies .
This means that is the centre of the circle through , and . The Central Angle Theorem implies now .
Alternatively, we may observe that the congruence of and and the equality imply that . This implies that the four points , , , are concyclic. Therefore, the two inscribed angles and are equal. This can also be seen from by considering the two triangles and .
Triangles and are similar, because and both triangles share an angle at . Therefore, .
Solution 2
First note that determines if it is known that . Also note that if and are unit vectors, then the angle between them is given by . We solve the problem by calculating the relevant unit vectors and showing that a certain two dot products are the same.
We place at , at and at in a Cartesian coordinate system. Then is at . Now for some . Also for some .

Since , we get . That is . So . Since and are positive, we must have . That is .
Now
Also
But and , so and hence .