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HMMT 2012 A3

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Given points aa and bb in the plane, let a⊕ba \oplus b be the unique point cc such that abca b c is an equilateral triangle with a,b,ca, b, c in the clockwise orientation.

Solve (x⊕(0,0))⊕(1,1)=(1,−1)(x \oplus(0,0)) \oplus(1,1)=(1,-1) for xx.

Dataset text NuminaMath olympiads. Quoted with source.

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\left(\frac{1-\sqrt{3}}{2}, \frac{3-\sqrt{3}}{2}\right)

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