Let
be three vertices of an equilateral triangle circumscribing the circle
. If
and
were in anticlockwise sense, then
is
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We are given that
form an equilateral triangle circumscribing the circle
, with
and vertices in anticlockwise order.
Step 1: Use rotation property
For an equilateral triangle around a circle, moving anticlockwise from one vertex to the next corresponds to a
rotation about the origin:

Step 2: Express 

Step 3: Multiply



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