Found problems: 2265
Let $D$ be a dodecahedron which can be inscribed in a sphere with radius $R$. Let $I$ be an icosahedron which can also be inscribed in a sphere of radius $R$. Which has the greater volume, and why?
Note: A regular [i]polyhedron [/i] is a geometric solid, all of whose faces are congruent regular polygons, in which the same number of polygons meet at each vertex. A regular dodecahedron is a polyhedron with $12$ faces which are regular pentagons and a regular icosahedron is a polyhedron with $20$ faces which are equilateral triangles. A polyhedron is inscribed in a sphere if all of its vertices lie on the surface of the sphere.
The illustration below shows a dodecahdron and an icosahedron, not necessarily to scale.
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Three vertices of a cube are $P=(7,12,10),$ $Q=(8,8,1),$ and $R=(11,3,9).$ What is the surface area of the cube?
The vertices of a triangle are three-dimensional lattice points. Show that its area is at least $\frac12$.
On the plane there are two cylindrical towers with radii of bases $r$ and $R$. Find the set of all those points of the plane from which these towers are visible at the same angle. Consider the case of more towers.
Let $ ABCD$ is a tetrahedron. Denote by $ A'$, $ B'$ the feet of the perpendiculars from $ A$ and $ B$, respectively to the opposite faces. Show that $ AA'$ and $ BB'$ intersect if and only if $ AB$ is perpendicular to $ CD$. Do they intersect if $ AC \equal{} AD \equal{} BC \equal{} BD$?
A square is contained in a cube when all of its points are in the faces or in the interior of the cube. Determine the biggest $\ell > 0$ such that there exists a square of side $\ell$ contained in a cube with edge $1$.
What is the smallest possible volume to surface ratio of a solid cone with height = $1$ unit?
A circle of radius 1 is located in a right-angled trihedron and touches all its faces. Find the locus of centers of such circles.
Shaft section of a circular cone with vertex $P$ is an isosceles right triangle. $A$ is a point on the circle of the bottom surface, while $B$ is a point inside the circle, $O$ is the center of the circle. If $AB\perp OB$ at $B$, $OH\perp PB$ at $H$, $PA=4$, $C$ is the midpoint of $PA$, then when the volume of triangular pyramid $O-HPC$ takes its maximum value, the length of $OB$ is
$\text{(A)}\frac{\sqrt5}{3}\qquad\text{(B)}\frac{2\sqrt5}{3}\qquad\text{(C)}\frac{\sqrt6}{3}\qquad\text{(D)}\frac{2\sqrt6}{3}\qquad$
On the surface of a regular tetrahedron of edge length $1$ are given finitely many segments such that every two vertices of the tetrahedron can be joined by a polygonal line consisting of given segments. Can the sum of the lengths of the given segments be less than $1+\sqrt3 $?
An $n\times n\times n$ cube is divided into unit cubes. We are given a closed non-self-intersecting polygon (in space), each of whose sides joins the centers of two unit cubes sharing a common face. The faces of unit cubes which intersect the polygon are said to be distinguished. Prove that the edges of the unit cubes may be colored in two colors so that each distinguished face has an odd number of edges of each color, while each nondistinguished face has an even number of edges of each color.
[i]M. Smurov[/i]
Prove that if two altitudes of a tetrahedron intersect, then so do the other two altitudes.
Prove that for tetrahedron $ABCD$; vertex $D$, center of insphere and centroid of $ABCD$ are collinear iff areas of triangles $ABD,BCD,CAD$ are equal.
Let eight points be given in a unit cube. Prove that two of these points are on a distance not greater than $1$.
Three faces $X , Y, Z$ of a unit cube share a common vertex. Suppose the projections of $X , Y, Z$ onto a fixed plane $P$ have areas $x, y, z$, respectively. If $x : y : z = 6 : 10 : 15$, then $x + y + z$ can be written as $m/n$ , where $m, n$ are positive integers and $gcd(m, n) = 1$. Find $100m + n$.
Is it possible to find a set of $100$ (or $200$) points on the boundary of a cube such that this set remains fixed under all rotations which leave the cube fixed ?
Given an integer $n\geq 2,$ let $a_{n},b_{n},c_{n}$ be integer numbers such that \[
\left( \sqrt[3]{2}-1\right) ^{n}=a_{n}+b_{n}\sqrt[3]{2}+c_{n}\sqrt[3]{4}.
\] Prove that $c_{n}\equiv 1\pmod{3} $ if and only if $n\equiv 2\pmod{3}.$
None face of a tetrahedron is isosceles triangle. How many kinds of lengths of edges do the tetrahedron have at least?
$\text{(A)}3\qquad\text{(B)}4\qquad\text{(C)}5\qquad\text{(D)}6$
A regular tetrahedron $A_1B_1C_1D_1$ is inscribed in a regular tetrahedron $ABCD$, where $A_1$ lies in the plane $BCD$, $B_1$ in the plane $ACD$, etc. Prove that $A_1B_1 \ge\frac{ AB}{3}$.
10.6 Let the insphere of a pyramid $SABC$ touch the faces $SAB, SBC, SCA$ at $D, E, F$ respectively. Find all the possible values of the sum of the angles $SDA, SEB, SFC$.
Given four points $ A_1, A_2, A_3, A_4$ in the plane, no three collinear, such that
\[ A_1A_2 \cdot A_3 A_4 \equal{} A_1 A_3 \cdot A_2 A_4 \equal{} A_1 A_4 \cdot A_2 A_3,
\]
denote by $ O_i$ the circumcenter of $ \triangle A_j A_k A_l$ with $ \{i,j,k,l\} \equal{} \{1,2,3,4\}.$ Assuming $ \forall i A_i \neq O_i ,$ prove that the four lines $ A_iO_i$ are concurrent or parallel.
[i]Nikolai Ivanov Beluhov, Bulgaria[/i]
$(GBR 4)$ The segment $AB$ perpendicularly bisects $CD$ at $X$. Show that, subject to restrictions, there is a right circular cone whose axis passes through $X$ and on whose surface lie the points $A,B,C,D.$ What are the restrictions?
Prove that for any tetrahedron the radius of the inscribed sphere $r <\frac{ ab}{ 2(a + b)}$, where $a$ and $b$ are the lengths of any pair of opposite edges.
Given the tetrahedron $ABCD$ whose edges $AB$ and $CD$ have lengths $a$ and $b$ respectively. The distance between the skew lines $AB$ and $CD$ is $d$, and the angle between them is $\omega$. Tetrahedron $ABCD$ is divided into two solids by plane $\epsilon$, parallel to lines $AB$ and $CD$. The ratio of the distances of $\epsilon$ from $AB$ and $CD$ is equal to $k$. Compute the ratio of the volumes of the two solids obtained.
The base of the pyramid with vertex $S$ is a pentagon $ABCDE$ for which $BC>DE$ and $AB>CD$. If $AS$ is the longest edge of the pyramid prove that $BS>CS$.
[i]Jordan Tabov[/i]