Enlargements and scale factors

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Circles ad infinitum
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Circles ad infinitum

Age
16 to 18
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A circle is inscribed in an equilateral triangle. Smaller circles touch it and the sides of the triangle, the process continuing indefinitely. What is the sum of the areas of all the circles?