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Can anyone explain this simple geometry problem to me

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length of DC is 1.length of BD is 3.what is the ratio of lengths DC to AB?can anyone show me how this question is solved?......
Hi, does anybody know how to solve this geometry question? It's very simple but it's been a long time since I was in school.

diagram:
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/641…

ABC is an equilateral triangle whose points touch a circle.
D is a point on the circle.
length of AD is 2.
length of DC is 1.
length of BD is 3.

question:
what is the ratio of lengths DC to AB?

can anyone show me how this question is solved?

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we can use the fact that in a circumscribed quadrilateral opposite angles are supplements:

so
AB = AC for equilateral ∆ABC and
using ∆ADC and cosine rule we get:

AC² = AD² + DC² -2(AD)(DC)cos( AB² = 2² + 1² - 2(2)(1)cos(120⁰)
AB² = 5 - 4(-1/2) = 7
AB = √7

DC:AB = 1:√7
or
DC/AB = 1/√7
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