Olympiad problems

1976 Vietnam National Olympiad, 5

$L, L'$ are two skew lines in space and $p$ is a plane not containing either line. $M$ is a variable line parallel to $p$ which meets $L$ at $X$ and $L'$ at $Y$. Find the position of $M$ which minimises the distance $XY$. $L''$ is another fixed line. Find the line $M$ which is also perpendicular to $L''$ .

2018 Yasinsky Geometry Olympiad, 3

Tags: geometry , 3D geometry , tetrahedron , midpoint , 3-Dimensional Geometry

In the tetrahedron $SABC$, points $E, F, K, L$ are the midpoints of the sides $SA , BC, AC, SB$ respectively, . The lengths of the segments $EF$ and $KL$ are equal to $11 cm$ and $13 cm$ respectively, and the length of the segment $AB$ equals to $18 cm$. Find the length of the side $SC$ of the tetrahedron.

2020 Polish Junior MO First Round, 7.

Tags: 3-Dimensional Geometry , geometry , 3D geometry , prism , rhombus

Consider the right prism with the rhombus with side $a$ and acute angle $60^{\circ}$ as a base. This prism was intersected by some plane intersecting its side edges, such that the cross-section of the prism and the plane is a square. Determine all possible lengths of the side of this square.

1977 Vietnam National Olympiad, 6

Tags: geometry , 3-Dimensional Geometry , maximum , minimum , distance

The planes $p$ and $p'$ are parallel. A polygon $P$ on $p$ has $m$ sides and a polygon $P'$ on $p'$ has $n$ sides. Find the largest and smallest distances between a vertex of $P$ and a vertex of $P'$.

2016 Saint Petersburg Mathematical Olympiad, 2

Tags: max , cube , combinatorics , 3-Dimensional Geometry , combinatorial geometry , geometry , 3D geometry

The rook, standing on the surface of the checkered cube, beats the cells, located in the same row as well as on the continuations of this series through one or even several edges. (The picture shows an example for a $4 \times 4 \times 4$ cube,visible cells that some beat the rook, shaded gray.) What is the largest number do not beat each other rooks can be placed on the surface of the cube $50 \times 50 \times 50$?

1965 Vietnam National Olympiad, 2

Tags: Locus , 3-Dimensional Geometry , geometry , 3D geometry , tetrahedron

$AB$ and $CD$ are two fixed parallel chords of the circle $S$. $M$ is a variable point on the circle. $Q$ is the intersection of the lines $MD$ and $AB$. $X$ is the circumcenter of the triangle $MCQ$. Find the locus of $X$. What happens to $X$ as $M$ tends to (1) $D$, (2) $C$? Find a point $E$ outside the plane of $S$ such that the circumcenter of the tetrahedron $MCQE$ has the same locus as $X$.

1979 Vietnam National Olympiad, 6

Tags: geometry , 3-Dimensional Geometry , construction , tetrahedron , 3D geometry

$ABCD$ is a rectangle with $BC / AB = \sqrt2$. $ABEF$ is a congruent rectangle in a different plane. Find the angle $DAF$ such that the lines $CA$ and $BF$ are perpendicular. In this configuration, find two points on the line $CA$ and two points on the line $BF$ so that the four points form a regular tetrahedron.

2015 Tournament of Towns, 7

Tags: geometry , 3-Dimensional Geometry , circumcircle

It is well-known that if a quadrilateral has the circumcircle and the incircle with the same centre then it is a square. Is the similar statement true in 3 dimensions: namely, if a cuboid is inscribed into a sphere and circumscribed around a sphere and the centres of the spheres coincide, does it imply that the cuboid is a cube? (A cuboid is a polyhedron with 6 quadrilateral faces such that each vertex belongs to $3$ edges.) [i]($10$ points)[/i]