A sphere sits inside a cubic box, tangent on all $6$ sides of the box. If a side of the box is $5$, and the volume of the sphere is $x\pi$ , find $x$.

Each cell of a beehive is constructed from a right regular 6-angled prism, open at the bottom and closed on the top by a regular 3-sided pyramidical mantle. The edges of this pyramid are connected to three of the rising edges of the prism and its apex $T$ is on the perpendicular line through the center $O$ of the base of the prism (see figure). Let $s$ denote the side of the base, $h$ the height of the cell and $\theta$ the angle between the line $TO$ and $TV$. (a) Prove that the surface of the cell consists of 6 congruent trapezoids and 3 congruent rhombi. (b) the total surface area of the cell is given by the formula $6sh - \dfrac{9s^2}{2\tan\theta} + \dfrac{s^2 3\sqrt{3}}{2\sin\theta}$ [img]http://www.mathlinks.ro/Forum/album_pic.php?pic_id=286[/img]

Every planar section of a three-dimensional body $B$ is a disk. Show that B must be a ball.

Let $ x,y,z$ be real numbers. Find the minimum value of $ x^2\plus{}y^2\plus{}z^2$ if $ x^3\plus{}y^3\plus{}z^3\minus{}3xyz\equal{}1$.

Consider the pyramid $ VABCD, $ where $ V $ is the top and $ ABCD $ is a rectangular base. If $ \angle BVD = \angle AVC, $ then prove that the triangles $ VAC $ and $ VBD $ share the same perimeter and area.

[asy] draw((0,1)--(4,1)--(4,2)--(0,2)--cycle); draw((2,0)--(3,0)--(3,3)--(2,3)--cycle); draw((1,1)--(1,2)); label("1",(0.5,1.5)); label("2",(1.5,1.5)); label("32",(2.5,1.5)); label("16",(3.5,1.5)); label("8",(2.5,0.5)); label("6",(2.5,2.5)); [/asy] The image above is a net of a unit cube. Let $n$ be a positive integer, and let $2n$ such cubes are placed to build a $1 \times 2 \times n$ cuboid which is placed on a floor. Let $S$ be the sum of all numbers on the block visible (not facing the floor). Find the minimum value of $n$ such that there exists such cuboid and its placement on the floor so $S > 2011$.

Let $B$ be a right rectangular prism (box) with edges lengths $1,$ $3,$ and $4$, together with its interior. For real $r\geq0$, let $S(r)$ be the set of points in $3$-dimensional space that lie within a distance $r$ of some point $B$. The volume of $S(r)$ can be expressed as $ar^{3} + br^{2} + cr +d$, where $a,$ $b,$ $c,$ and $d$ are positive real numbers. What is $\frac{bc}{ad}?$ $\textbf{(A) } 6 \qquad\textbf{(B) } 19 \qquad\textbf{(C) } 24 \qquad\textbf{(D) } 26 \qquad\textbf{(E) } 38$

Two walls and the ceiling of a room meet at right angles at point $P$. A fly is in the air one meter from one wall, eight meters from the other wall, and $9$ meters from point $P$. How many meters is the fly from the ceiling? $\textbf{(A) }\sqrt{13}\qquad\textbf{(B) }\sqrt{14}\qquad\textbf{(C) }\sqrt{15}\qquad\textbf{(D) }4\qquad\textbf{(E) }\sqrt{17}$

A brick has the shape of a cube of size $2$ with one corner unit cube removed. Given a cube of side $2^{n}$ divided into unit cubes from which an arbitrary unit cube is removed, show that the remaining figure can be built using the described bricks.

In $\mathbb{R}^3$, for a rectangular box $\Delta$, let $10\Delta$ be the box with the same center as $\Delta$ but dilated by $10$. For example, if $\Delta$ is an $1 \times 1 \times 10$ box (hence with Lebesgue measure $10$), then $10\Delta$ is the $10 \times 10 \times 100$ box with the same center and orientation as $\Delta$. \medskip If two rectangular boxes $\Delta_1$ and $\Delta_2$ satisfy $\Delta_1 \subset 10\Delta_2$ and $\Delta_2 \subset 10 \Delta_1$, we say that they are [i]almost identical[/i]. Find the largest real number $a$ such that the following holds for some $C=C(a)>0$: For every positive integer $N$ and every collection $S$ of $1 \times 1 \times N$ boxes in $\mathbb{R}^3$, assuming that (i) $\vert S\vert=N$, (ii) every pair of boxes $(\Delta_1,\Delta_2)$ taken from $S$ are not almost identical, and (iii) the long edge of each box in $S$ forms an angle $\frac{\pi}{4}$ against the $xy$-plane. Then the volume \[\left\vert \bigcup_{\Delta \in S} \Delta\right\vert \ge CN^a.\]

We are given a convex four-sided pyramid with apex $S$ and base face $ABCD$ such that the pyramid has an inscribed sphere (i.e., it contains a sphere which is tangent to each race). By making cuts along the edges $SA,SB,SC,SD$ and rotating the faces $SAB,SBC,SCD,SDA$ outwards into the plane $ABCD$, we unfold the pyramid into the polygon $AKBLCMDN$ as shown in the figure. Prove that $K,L,M,N$ are concyclic. [i] Tibor Bakos and Géza Kós [/i]

Prove that there do not exist $4$ points in the plane such that the distances between any pair of them is an odd integer.

$O$ is the center of the bottom surface of regular triangular pyramid $P-ABC$. A plane passes $O$ intersects line segment $PC$ at $S$, intersects the extended line of $PA,PB$ at $Q,R$, then $\frac{1}{|PQ|}+\frac{1}{|PR|}+\frac{1}{|PS|}$ $\text{(A)}$ has a maximum value, but no minumum value $\text{(B)}$ has a minumum value, but no maximum value $\text{(C)}$ has both minumum value and maximum value (different) $\text{(D)}$ is a fixed value

Given is a trihedral angle with edges $ SA $, $ SB $, $ SC $, all plane angles of which are acute, and the dihedral angle at edge $ SA $ is right. Prove that the section of this triangle with any plane perpendicular to any edge, at a point different from the vertex $ S $, is a right triangle.

Let $O$ be a point equally distanced from the vertices of the tetrahedron $ABCD$. If the distances from $O$ to the planes $(BCD)$, $(ACD)$, $(ABD)$ and $(ABC)$ are equal, prove that the sum of the distances from a point $M \in \textrm{int}[ABCD]$, to the four planes, is constant.