Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2006/iii/paper-29/2/ii/solution

At the tangent slope is , so its equation is . Substitution leaves ; this tangent meets the curve three times at . The chord-and-tangent group law therefore gives
In particular has exact order three. The chord through and is . Substitution gives , so the third intersection is . Negating it gives

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