Take any 2 circles among the given blue circles. Draw 2 lines inclined at 60 ^{\circ} to each other . For every such pair of points we get a corresponding yellow point. If the total number of blue circles is n,the number of ways to select 2 circles = \binom{n}{2}. Count the total number of yellow circles. Now I guess it is easy to see that: 1+2+\cdots + (n-1) = \binom{n}{2}