Olympiad problems

2003 Portugal MO, 1

The planet Caramelo is a cube with a $1$ km edge. This planet is going to be wrapped with foam anti-gluttons in order to prevent the presence of greedy ships less than $500$ meters from the planet. What the minimum volume of foam that must surround the planet?

1960 Poland - Second Round, 6

Tags: geometry , 3D geometry , Volume , tetrahedron

Calculate the volume of the tetrahedron $ ABCD $ given the edges $ AB = b $, $ AC = c $, $ AD = d $ and the angles $ \measuredangle CAD = \beta $, $ \measuredangle DAB = \gamma $ and $ \measuredangle BAC = \delta$.

1951 Putnam, B7

Tags: Putnam , Volume , sphere , four dimensions

Find the volume of the four-dimensional hypersphere $x^2 +y^2 +z^2 +t^2 =r^2$ and the hypervolume of its interior $x^2 +y^2 +z^2 +t^2 <r^2$

1971 IMO Shortlist, 16

Tags: geometry , polyhedron , 3D geometry , combinatorial geometry , Volume , IMO , IMO 1971

Let $P_1$ be a convex polyhedron with vertices $A_1,A_2,\ldots,A_9$. Let $P_i$ be the polyhedron obtained from $P_1$ by a translation that moves $A_1$ to $A_i$. Prove that at least two of the polyhedra $P_1,P_2,\ldots,P_9$ have an interior point in common.

1967 IMO Shortlist, 1

Tags: geometry , 3D geometry , tetrahedron , Volume , geometric inequality , IMO , IMO 1967

Prove that a tetrahedron with just one edge length greater than $1$ has volume at most $ \frac{1}{8}.$

2005 BAMO, 5

Tags: geometry , 3D geometry , icosahedron , dodecahedron , sphere , Volume , inscribed

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. [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/7/5/9873b42aacf04bb5daa0fe70d4da3bf0b7be38.png[/img]

2000 Czech And Slovak Olympiad IIIA, 5

Tags: 3D geometry , tetrahedron , geometry , Volume

Monika made a paper model of a tetrahedron whose base is a right-angled triangle. When she cut the model along the legs of the base and the median of a lateral face corresponding to one of the legs, she obtained a square of side a. Compute the volume of the tetrahedron.

1949 Putnam, A2

Tags: Putnam , vector , Volume

We consider three vectors drawn from the same initial point $O,$ of lengths $a,b$ and $c$, respectively. Let $E$ be the parallelepiped with vertex $O$ of which the given vectors are the edges and $H$ the parallelepiped with vertex $O$ of which the given vectors are the altitudes. Show that the product of the volumes of $E$ and $H$ equals $(abc)^{2}$ and generalize this result to $n$ dimensions.

1984 IMO Longlists, 11

Tags: geometry , 3D geometry , tetrahedron , Volume , geometric inequality , IMO Shortlist

Prove that the volume of a tetrahedron inscribed in a right circular cylinder of volume $1$ does not exceed $\frac{2}{3 \pi}.$

1981 Brazil National Olympiad, 6

Tags: geometry , 3D geometry , octahedron , Volume , cube

The centers of the faces of a cube form a regular octahedron of volume $V$. Through each vertex of the cube we may take the plane perpendicular to the long diagonal from the vertex. These planes also form a regular octahedron. Show that its volume is $27V$.

2005 Abels Math Contest (Norwegian MO), 1b

Tags: geometry , 3D geometry , pyramid , Even , Integers , Volume

In a pyramid, the base is a right-angled triangle with integer sides. The height of the pyramid is also integer. Show that the volume of the pyramid is even.

1997 Austrian-Polish Competition, 9

Tags: geometry , solid geometry , 3D geometry , Volume

Given a parallelepiped $P$, let $V_P$ be its volume, $S_P$ the area of its surface and $L_P$ the sum of the lengths of its edges. For a real number $t \ge 0$, let $P_t$ be the solid consisting of all points $X$ whose distance from some point of $P$ is at most $t$. Prove that the volume of the solid $P_t$ is given by the formula $V(P_t) =V_P + S_Pt + \frac{\pi}{4} L_P t^2 + \frac{4\pi}{3} t^3$.

2001 German National Olympiad, 6 (11)

Tags: pyramid , ratio , Volume , geometry , 3D geometry

In a pyramid $SABCD$ with the base $ABCD$ the triangles $ABD$ and $BCD$ have equal areas. Points $M,N,P,Q$ are the midpoints of the edges $AB,AD,SC,SD$ respectively. Find the ratio between the volumes of the pyramids $SABCD$ and $MNPQ$.

1971 IMO, 2

Tags: geometry , polyhedron , 3D geometry , combinatorial geometry , Volume , IMO , IMO 1971

Let $P_1$ be a convex polyhedron with vertices $A_1,A_2,\ldots,A_9$. Let $P_i$ be the polyhedron obtained from $P_1$ by a translation that moves $A_1$ to $A_i$. Prove that at least two of the polyhedra $P_1,P_2,\ldots,P_9$ have an interior point in common.

2015 Bangladesh Mathematical Olympiad, 5

Tags: national olympiad , tetrahedron , Volume , area , algebra , geometry , 3D geometry

A tetrahedron is a polyhedron composed of four triangular faces. Faces $ABC$ and $BCD$ of a tetrahedron $ABCD$ meet at an angle of $\pi/6$. The area of triangle $\triangle ABC$ is $120$. The area of triangle $\triangle BCD$ is $80$, and $BC = 10$. What is the volume of the tetrahedron? We call the volume of a tetrahedron as one-third the area of it's base times it's height.

1971 IMO Longlists, 50

Tags: geometry , polyhedron , 3D geometry , combinatorial geometry , Volume , IMO , IMO 1971

Let $P_1$ be a convex polyhedron with vertices $A_1,A_2,\ldots,A_9$. Let $P_i$ be the polyhedron obtained from $P_1$ by a translation that moves $A_1$ to $A_i$. Prove that at least two of the polyhedra $P_1,P_2,\ldots,P_9$ have an interior point in common.

2017 Adygea Teachers' Geometry Olympiad, 4

Tags: geometry , 3D geometry , tetrahedron , Volume

A regular tetrahedron $SABC$ of volume $V$ is given. The midpoints $D$ and $E$ are taken on $SA$ and $SB$ respectively and the point $F$ is taken on the edge $SC$ such that $SF: FC = 1: 3$. Find the volume of the pentahedron $FDEABC$.

1949-56 Chisinau City MO, 62

Tags: geometry , 3D geometry , tetrahedron , Volume , fixed , constant

On two intersecting lines $\ell_1$ and $\ell_2$, segments $AB$ and $CD$ of a given length are selected, respectively. Prove that the volume of the tetrahedron $ABCD$ does not depend on the position of the segments $AB$ and $CD$ on the lines $\ell_1$ and $\ell_2$.