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F.21 Fermat Point

For any triangle ABC whose largest interior angle is less than 120 degrees, erecting external equilateral triangles BCX_A, CAY_B, ABZ_C on its sides yields concurrent segments AX_A, BY_B, CZ_C that intersect at the Fermat-Torricelli point F = X(13), where <AFB = <BFC = <CFA = 120 degrees and FA + FB + FC is minimized.