Let $ ABCD$ be a regular tetrahedron and $ M,N$ distinct points in the planes $ ABC$ and $ ADC$ respectively. Show that the segments $ MN,BN,MD$ are the sides of a triangle.

Let $A$, $B$, $C$, and $D$ be the vertices of a regular tetrahedron, each of whose edges measures 1 meter. A bug, starting from vertex $A$, observes the following rule: at each vertex it chooses one of the three edges meeting at that vertex, each edge being equally likely to be chosen, and crawls along that edge to the vertex at its opposite end. Let $p = n/729$ be the probability that the bug is at vertex $A$ when it has crawled exactly 7 meters. Find the value of $n$.

[b]a)[/b] Show that the sum of the squares of the minimum distances from a point that is situated on a sphere to the faces of the cube that circumscribe the sphere doesn't depend on the point. [b]b)[/b] Show that the sum of the cubes of the minimum distances from a point that is situated on a sphere to the faces of the cube that circumscribe the sphere doesn't depend on the point. [i]Alexandru Sergiu Alamă[/i]

How many $2 \times 2 \times 2$ cubes must be added to a $8 \times 8 \times 8$ cube to form a $12 \times 12 \times 12$ cube? [i]Proposed by Evan Chen[/i]

Two boundary points of a ball of radius 1 are joined by a curve contained in the ball and having length less than 2. Prove that the curve is contained entirely within some hemisphere of the given ball.

Prove that if $h_1,h_2,h_3,h_4$ are the altitudes of a tetrahedron and $d_1,d_2,d_3$ the distances between the pairs of opposite edges of the tetrahedron, then $$\frac{1}{h_1^2} +\frac{1}{h_2^2} +\frac{1}{h_3^2} +\frac{1}{h_4^2} =\frac{1}{d_1^2} +\frac{1}{d_2^2} +\frac{1}{d_3^2}.$$

The six edges of a tetrahedron $ABCD$ measure $7$, $13$, $18$, $27$, $36$ and $41$ units. If the length of edge $AB$ is $41$, then the length of edge $CD$ is $ \textbf{(A)}\ 7\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 13\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 18\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 27\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 36 $

$ABCD$ is a regular tetrahedron. The points $P,Q,R$ and $S$ lie outside this tetrahedron in such a way that $ABCP$, $ABDQ$, $ACDR$ and $BCDS$ are regular tetrahedra. Prove that the volume of the tetrahedron $PQRS$ is less than the sum of the volumes of $ABCP$,$ABDQ$,$ACDR$, $BCDS$ and $ABCD$.

An equilateral triangle $ABC$ has side a. A square is constructed on the outside of each side of the triangle. A right regular pyramid with sloping side $a$ is placed on each square. These pyramids are rotated about the sides of the triangle so that the apex of each pyramid comes to a common point above the triangle. Show that when this has been done, the other vertices of the bases of the pyramids (apart from the vertices of the triangle) form a regular hexagon.

A cube is divided into $27$ equal smaller cubes. A plane intersects the cube. Find the maximum possible number of smaller cubes the plane can intersect.

A tripod has three legs each of length 5 feet. When the tripod is set up, the angle between any pair of legs is equal to the angle between any other pair, and the top of the tripod is 4 feet from the ground. In setting up the tripod, the lower 1 foot of one leg breaks off. Let $h$ be the height in feet of the top of the tripod from the ground when the broken tripod is set up. Then $h$ can be written in the form $\frac m{\sqrt{n}},$ where $m$ and $n$ are positive integers and $n$ is not divisible by the square of any prime. Find $\lfloor m+\sqrt{n}\rfloor.$ (The notation $\lfloor x\rfloor$ denotes the greatest integer that is less than or equal to $x$.)

A plane has no vertex of a regular dodecahedron on it,try to find out how many edges at most may the plane intersect the regular dodecahedron?

Determine if there exists a convex polyhedron such that (1) it has 12 edges, 6 faces and 8 vertices; (2) it has 4 faces with each pair of them sharing a common edge of the polyhedron.

Find all functions $\displaystyle f : \mathbb N^\ast \to \mathbb N^\ast$ ($\displaystyle N^\ast = \{ 1,2,3,\ldots \}$) with the property that, for all $\displaystyle n \geq 1$, \[ f(1) + f(2) + \ldots + f(n) \] is a perfect cube $\leq n^3$. [i]Dinu Teodorescu[/i]

Prove that every partition of $3$-dimensional space into three disjoint subsets has the following property: One of these subsets contains all possible distances; i.e., for every $a \in \mathbb R^+$, there are points $M$ and $N$ inside that subset such that distance between $M$ and $N$ is exactly $a.$

Given the intersecting lines $ r$ and $s$, consider the lines $u$ and $v$ as such what: a) $u$ is symmetric to $r$ with respect to $s$, b) $v$ is symmetric to $s$ with respect to $r$ . Determine the angle that the given lines must form such that $u$ and $v$ to be coplanar.

Given $ x,y,z\in (0,1)$ satisfying that $ \sqrt{\frac{1 \minus{} x}{yz}} \plus{} \sqrt{\frac{1 \minus{} y}{xz}} \plus{} \sqrt{\frac{1 \minus{} z}{xy}} \equal{} 2$. Find the maximum value of $ xyz$.

The polygon enclosed by the solid lines in the figure consists of $ 4$ congruent squares joined edge-to-edge. One more congruent square is attached to an edge at one of the nine positions indicated. How many of the nine resulting polygons can be folded to form a cube with one face missing? [asy]unitsize(10mm); defaultpen(fontsize(10pt)); pen finedashed=linetype("4 4"); filldraw((1,1)--(2,1)--(2,2)--(4,2)--(4,3)--(1,3)--cycle,grey,black+linewidth(.8pt)); draw((0,1)--(0,3)--(1,3)--(1,4)--(4,4)--(4,3)-- (5,3)--(5,2)--(4,2)--(4,1)--(2,1)--(2,0)--(1,0)--(1,1)--cycle,finedashed); draw((0,2)--(2,2)--(2,4),finedashed); draw((3,1)--(3,4),finedashed); label("$1$",(1.5,0.5)); draw(circle((1.5,0.5),.17)); label("$2$",(2.5,1.5)); draw(circle((2.5,1.5),.17)); label("$3$",(3.5,1.5)); draw(circle((3.5,1.5),.17)); label("$4$",(4.5,2.5)); draw(circle((4.5,2.5),.17)); label("$5$",(3.5,3.5)); draw(circle((3.5,3.5),.17)); label("$6$",(2.5,3.5)); draw(circle((2.5,3.5),.17)); label("$7$",(1.5,3.5)); draw(circle((1.5,3.5),.17)); label("$8$",(0.5,2.5)); draw(circle((0.5,2.5),.17)); label("$9$",(0.5,1.5)); draw(circle((0.5,1.5),.17));[/asy] $ \textbf{(A)}\ 2 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 3 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 4 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 5 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 6$

We consider a point $P$ in a plane $p$ and a point $Q \not\in p$. Determine all the points $R$ from $p$ for which \[ \frac{QP+PR}{QR} \] is maximum.

Three cubes are each formed from the pattern shown. They are then stacked on a table one on top of another so that the $ 13$ visible numbers have the greatest possible sum. What is that sum? [asy]unitsize(.8cm); pen p = linewidth(.8pt); draw(shift(-2,0)*unitsquare,p); label("1",(-1.5,0.5)); draw(shift(-1,0)*unitsquare,p); label("2",(-0.5,0.5)); label("32",(0.5,0.5)); draw(shift(1,0)*unitsquare,p); label("16",(1.5,0.5)); draw(shift(0,1)*unitsquare,p); label("4",(0.5,1.5)); draw(shift(0,-1)*unitsquare,p); label("8",(0.5,-0.5));[/asy]$ \textbf{(A)}\ 154 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 159 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 164 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 167 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 189$

A regular tetrahedron with $5$-inch edges weighs $2.5$ pounds. What is the weight in pounds of a similarly constructed regular tetrahedron that has $6$-inch edges? Express your answer as a decimal rounded to the nearest hundredth.

Consider a cuboid$ ABCDA'B'C'D'$ (where $ABCD$ is a rectangle and $AA' \parallel BB' \parallel CC' \parallel DD'$) with $AA' = d$, $\angle ABD' = \alpha, \angle A'D'B = \beta$. Express the lengths x = $AB$, $y = BC$ in terms of $d$ and (acute) angles $\alpha, \beta$. Discuss condition of solvability.

Let $ A\equal{}A_1A_2A_3A_4$ be a tetrahedron, and suppose that for each $ j \not\equal{} k, [A_j,A_{jk}]$ is a segment of length $ \rho$ extending from $ A_j$ in the direction of $ A_k$. Let $ p_j$ be the intersection line of the planes $ [A_{jk}A_{jl}A_{jm}]$ and $ [A_kA_lA_m]$. Show that there are infinitely many straight lines that intersect the straight lines $ p_1,p_2,p_3,p_4$ simultaneously.

Prove that the volume $V$ and the lateral area $S$ of a right circular cone satisfy the inequality \[\left( \frac{6V}{\pi}\right)^2 \leq \left( \frac{2S}{\pi \sqrt 3}\right)^3\] When does equality occur?

Consider triangles $ABC$ in space. (a) What condition must the angles $\angle A, \angle B , \angle C$ of $\triangle ABC$ fulfill in order that there is a point $P$ in space such that $\angle APB, \angle BPC, \angle CPA$ are right angles? (b) Let $d$ be the longest of the edges $PA,PB,PC$ and let $h$ be the longest altitude of $\triangle ABC$. Show that $\frac{1}{3}\sqrt6 h \le d \le h$.