Found problems: 33
Prove that if all the edges of the tetrahedron are equal triangles (such a tetrahedron is called equilateral), then its projection on the plane of a face is a triangle.
In the tetrahedron $DABC, AB=BC, \angle DBC =\angle DBA$. Prove that $AC \perp DB$.
$AB$ 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 $X$.
A circumscribed pyramid $ABCDS$ is given. The opposite sidelines of its base meet at points $P$ and $Q$ in such a way that $A$ and $B$ lie on segments $PD$ and $PC$ respectively. The inscribed sphere touches faces $ABS$ and $BCS$ at points $K$ and $L$. Prove that if $PK$ and $QL$ are complanar then the touching point of the sphere with the base lies on $BD$.
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.
Let $Oxyz$ be a trihedron whose edges $x,y, z$ are mutually perpendicular. Let $C$ be the point on the ray $z$ with $OC = c$. Points $P$ and $Q$ vary on the rays $x$ and $y$ respectively in such a way that $OP+OQ = k$ is constant. For every $P$ and $Q$, the circumcenter of the sphere through $O,C,P,Q$ is denoted by $W$. Find the locus of the projection of $W$ on the plane O$xy$. Also find the locus of points $W$.
$100$ points are given in space such that no four of them lie in the same plane. Consider those convex polyhedra with five vertices that have all vertices from the given set. Prove that the number of such polyhedra is even.
$ABCD$ is a rectangle. The segment $MA$ is perpendicular to plane $ABC$ . $MB= 15$ , $MC=24$ , $MD=20$. Find the length of $MA$ .
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]
Let $ABCD$ be a regular tetrahedron with side $a$. Take $E,E'$ on the edge $AB, F, F'$ on the edge $AC$ and $G,G'$ on the edge AD so that $AE =a/6,AE' = 5a/6,AF= a/4,AF'= 3a/4,AG = a/3,AG'= 2a/3$. Compute the volume of $EFGE'F'G'$ in term of $a$ and find the angles between the lines $AB,AC,AD$ and the plane $EFG$.
Four balls of radius $1$ are placed in space so that each of them touches the other three. What is the radius of the smallest sphere containing all of them?
Given a rectangular parallelepiped $ABCDA'B'C'D'$ with the bases $ABCD, A'B'C'D'$, the edges $AA',BB', CC',DD'$ and $AB = a,AD = b,AA' = c$. Show that there exists a triangle with the sides equal to the distances from $A,A',D$ to the diagonal $BD'$ of the parallelepiped. Denote those distances by $m_1,m_2,m_3$. Find the relationship between $a, b, c,m_1,m_2,m_3$.
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 $P'$.
A plane in space is equidistant from a set of points if its distances from the points in the set are equal. What is the largest possible number of equidistant planes from five points, no four of which are coplanar?
Consider a prism, not necessarily right, whose base is a rhombus $ABCD$ with side $AB = 5$ and diagonal $AC = 8$. A sphere of radius $r$ is tangent to the plane $ABCD$ at $C$ and tangent to the edges $AA_1$ , $BB _1$ and $DD_ 1$ of the prism. Calculate $r$ .
(a) Three lines $l,m,n$ in space pass through point $S$. A plane perpendicular to $m$ intersects $l,m,n $ at $A,B,C$ respectively. Suppose that $\angle ASB = \angle BSC = 45^o$ and $\angle ABC = 90^o$. Compute $\angle ASC$.
(b) Furthermore, if a plane perpendicular to $l$ intersects $l,m,n$ at $P,Q,R$ respectively and $SP = 1$, find the sides of triangle $PQR$.
$L, L'$ 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 $L''$ .
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.
The midpoint of the edge $SA$ of the triangular pyramid of $SABC$ has equal distances from all the vertices of the pyramid. Let $SH$ be the height of the pyramid. Prove that $BA^2 + BH^2 = C A^2 + CH^2$.
Let $P$ be a plane and two points $A \in (P),O \notin (P)$. For each line in $(P)$ through $A$, let $H$ be the foot of the perpendicular from $O$ to the line. Find the locus $(c)$ of $H$.
Denote by $(C)$ the oblique cone with peak $O$ and base $(c)$. Prove that all planes, either parallel to $(P)$ or perpendicular to $OA$, intersect $(C)$ by circles.
Consider the two symmetric faces of $(C)$ that intersect $(C)$ by the angles $\alpha$ and $\beta$ respectively. Find a relation between $\alpha$ and $\beta$.
The insphere of a tetrahedron ABCD with center $O$ touches its faces at points $A_1,B_1,C_1$ and $D_1$.
a) Let $P_a$ be a point such that its reflections in lines $OB,OC$ and $OD$ lie on plane $BCD$.
Points $P_b, P_c$ and $P_d$ are defined similarly. Prove that lines $A_1P_a,B_1P_b,C_1P_c$ and $D_1P_d$ concur at some point $ P$.
b) Let $I$ be the incenter of $A_1B_1C_1D_1$ and $A_2$ the common point of line $A_1I $ with plane $B_1C_1D_1$. Points $B_2, C_2, D_2$ are defined similarly. Prove that $P$ lies inside $A_2B_2C_2D_2$.
Is it possible to construct a equilateral triangle such that:
$\text{a)}$ Coordinates of this triangle are integers in two dimensional plane?
$\text{b)}$ Coordinates of this triangle are integers in three dimensional plane?
A regular pentagon is constructed externally on each side of a regular pentagon of side $1$. The figure is then folded and the two edges of the external pentagons meeting at each vertex of the original pentagon are glued together. Find the volume of water that can be poured into the obtained container.
Each edge of a convex polyhedron is shifted such that the obtained edges form the frame of another convex polyhedron. Are these two polyhedra necessarily congruent?
$ABCD$ 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.