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Given a trihedral angle Sxyz. A plane (P) not through S cuts Sx,Sy,Sz respectively at A,B,C. On the plane (P), outside triangle ABC, construct triangles DAB,EBC,FCA which are confruent to the triangles SAB,SBC,SCA respectively. Let (T) be the sphere lying inside Sxyz, but not inside the tetrahedron SABC, toucheing the planes containing the faces of SABC. Prove that (T) touches the plane (P) at the circumcenter of triangle DEF.
Let $A$ be a corner of a cube. Let $B$ and $C$ the midpoints of two edges in the positions shown on the figure below: [center][img]http://i.imgur.com/tEODnV0.png[/img][/center] The intersection of the cube and the plane containing $A,B,$ and $C$ is some polygon, $P$. [list=a] [*] How many sides does $P$ have? Justify your answer. [*] Find the ratio of the area of $P$ to the area of $\triangle{ABC}$ and prove that your answer is correct.
What’s the greatest pyramid volume one can form using edges of length $2, 3, 3, 4, 5, 5$, respectively?
Let $OABC$ be a tetrahedron such that $\angle AOB = \angle BOC = \angle COA = 90^\circ$ and its faces have integral surface areas. If $[OAB] = 20$ and $[OBC] = 14$, find the sum of all possible values of $[OCA][ABC]$. (Here $[\triangle]$ denotes the area of $\triangle$.) [i]Proposed by Robin Park[/i]
Find the sum of all the integers $N > 1$ with the properties that the each prime factor of $N $ is either $2, 3,$ or $5,$ and $N$ is not divisible by any perfect cube greater than $1.$
Let $ABCD$ be a tetrahedron and $O$ its incenter, and let the line $OD$ be perpendicular to $AD$. Find the angle between the planes $DOB$ and $DOC.$
A sphere inscribed in a tetrahedron touches one face at the intersection of its angle bisectors, a second face at the intersection of its altitudes, and a third face at the intersection of its medians. Show that the tetrahedron is regular. [i]N. Agakhanov[/i]
In a given tedrahedron $ ABCD$ let $ K$ and $ L$ be the centres of edges $ AB$ and $ CD$ respectively. Prove that every plane that contains the line $ KL$ divides the tedrahedron into two parts of equal volume.
In a tetrahedron $ABCD, E$ and $F$ are the midpoints of the medians from $A$ and $D$. Find the ratio of the volumes of tetrahedra $BCEF$ and $ABCD$. Note: Median in a tetrahedron connects a vertex and the centroid of the opposite side.
Let $M$ be a set of six distinct positive integers whose sum is $60$. These numbers are written on the faces of a cube, one number to each face. A [i]move[/i] consists of choosing three faces of the cube that share a common vertex and adding $1$ to the numbers on those faces. Determine the number of sets $M$ for which it’s possible, after a finite number of moves, to produce a cube all of whose sides have the same number.
Find the largest cube which can be placed inside a regular tetrahedron with side $1$ so that one of its faces lies on the base of the tetrahedron.
Erin the ant starts at a given corner of a cube and crawls along exactly $7$ edges in such a way that she visits every corner exactly once and then finds that she is unable to return along an edge to her starting point. How many paths are there meeting these conditions? $ \textbf{(A) }\text{6}\qquad\textbf{(B) }\text{9}\qquad\textbf{(C) }\text{12}\qquad\textbf{(D) }\text{18}\qquad\textbf{(E) }\text{24} $
Find all convex polyhedra which have no diagonals (that is, for which every segment connecting two vertices lies on the boundary of the polyhedron).
Given a regular tetrahedron $OABC$. Take points $P,\ Q,\ R$ on the sides $OA,\ OB,\ OC$ respectively. Note that $P,\ Q,\ R$ are different from the vertices of the tetrahedron $OABC$. If $\triangle{PQR}$ is an equilateral triangle, then prove that three sides $PQ,\ QR,\ RP$ are pararell to three sides $AB,\ BC,\ CA$ respectively. 30 points
Let $\epsilon$ be a plane and $k_1, k_2, k_3$ be spheres on the same side of $\epsilon$. The spheres $k_1, k_2, k_3$ touch the plane at points $T_1, T_2, T_3$, respectively, and $k_2$ touches $k_1$ at $S_1$ and $k_3$ at $S_3$. Prove that the lines $S_1T_1$ and $S_3T_3$ intersect on the sphere $k_2$. Describe the locus of the intersection point.
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 $T$ be a regular tetrahedron. Let $t$ be the regular tetrahedron whose vertices are the centers of the faces of $T$. Let $O$ be the circumcenter of either tetrahedron. Given a point $P$ different from $O$, let $m(P)$ be the midpoint of the points of intersection of the ray $\overrightarrow{OP}$ with $t$ and $T$. Let $S$ be the set of eight points $m(P)$ where $P$ is a vertex of either $t$ or $T$. What is the volume of the convex hull of $S$ divided by the volume of $t$?
A $10\times10\times10$ cube has $1000$ unit cubes. $500$ of them are coloured black and $500$ of them are coloured white. Show that there are at least $100$ unit squares, being the common face of a white and a black unit cube.
The sphere inscribed in a tetrahedron $ABCD$ touches face $ABC$ at point $H$. Another sphere touches face $ABC$ at $O$ and the planes containing the other three faces at points exterior to the faces. Prove that if $O$ is the circumcenter of triangle $ABC$, then $H$ is the orthocenter of that triangle.
We are given $n$ mass points of equal mass in space. We define a sequence of points $O_1,O_2,O_3,\ldots $ as follows: $O_1$ is an arbitrary point (within the unit distance of at least one of the $n$ points); $O_2$ is the centre of gravity of all the $n$ given points that are inside the unit sphere centred at $O_1$;$O_3$ is the centre of gravity of all of the $n$ given points that are inside the unit sphere centred at $O_2$; etc. Prove that starting from some $m$, all points $O_m,O_{m+1},O_{m+2},\ldots$ coincide.
At the vertices $A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H$ of a cube, $2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2007$ and $2006$ stones respectively are placed. It is allowed to move a stone from a vertex to each of its three neighbours, or to move a stone to a vertex from each of its three neighbours. Which of the following arrangements of stones at $A, B, \ldots , H$ can be obtained? $(\text{a})\quad 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2005;$ $(\text{b})\quad 2002, 2003, 2004, 2001, 2006, 2005, 2008, 2007;$ $(\text{c})\quad 2004, 2002, 2003, 2001, 2005, 2008, 2007, 2006.$
Each corner of a rectangular prism is cut off. Two (of the eight) cuts are shown. How many edges does the new figure have? [asy] draw((0,0)--(3,0)--(3,3)--(0,3)--cycle); draw((3,0)--(5,2)--(5,5)--(2,5)--(0,3)); draw((3,3)--(5,5)); draw((2,0)--(3,1.8)--(4,1)--cycle,linewidth(1)); draw((2,3)--(4,4)--(3,2)--cycle,linewidth(1));[/asy] $ \text{(A)}\ 24\qquad\text{(B)}\ 30\qquad\text{(C)}\ 36\qquad\text{(D)}\ 42\qquad\text{(E)}\ 48 $ [i]Assume that the planes cutting the prism do not intersect anywhere in or on the prism.[/i]
For which values of n does there exist a polyhedron having $n$ edges?
A $ 3\times3\times3$ cube composed of $ 27$ unit cubes rests on a horizontal plane. Determine the number of ways of selecting two distinct unit cubes from a $ 3\times3\times1$ block (the order is irrelevant) with the property that the line joining the centers of the two cubes makes a $ 45^\circ$ angle with the horizontal plane.
Unit cubes are made into beads by drilling a hole through them along a diagonal. The beads are put on a string in such a way that they can move freely in space under the restriction that the vertices of two neighboring cubes are touching. Let $ A$ be the beginning vertex and $ B$ be the end vertex. Let there be $ p \times q \times r$ cubes on the string $ (p, q, r \geq 1).$ [i](a)[/i] Determine for which values of $ p, q,$ and $ r$ it is possible to build a block with dimensions $ p, q,$ and $ r.$ Give reasons for your answers. [i](b)[/i] The same question as (a) with the extra condition that $ A \equal{} B.$