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The solid shown has a square base of side length $s$. The upper edge is parallel to the base and has length $2s$. All other edges have length $s$. Given that $s = 6 \sqrt{2}$, what is the volume of the solid? [asy] import three; size(170); pathpen = black+linewidth(0.65); pointpen = black; currentprojection = perspective(30,-20,10); real s = 6 * 2^.5; triple A=(0,0,0),B=(s,0,0),C=(s,s,0),D=(0,s,0),E=(-s/2,s/2,6),F=(3*s/2,s/2,6); draw(F--B--C--F--E--A--B); draw(A--D--E, dashed); draw(D--C, dashed); label("$2s$", (s/2, s/2, 6), N); label("$s$", (s/2, 0, 0), SW); [/asy]
The base of a prism is an $n$-gon. We wish to colour its $2n$ vertices in three colours in such a way that every vertex is connected by edges to vertices of all three colours. (a) Prove that if $n$ is divisible by $3$, then the task is possible. {b) Prove that if the task is possible, then $n$ is divisible by $3$. (A Shapovalov)
[asy] import olympiad; import cse5; size(5cm); pointpen = black; pair A = Drawing((10,17.32)); pair B = Drawing((0,0)); pair C = Drawing((20,0)); draw(A--B--C--cycle); pair X = 0.85*A + 0.15*B; pair Y = 0.82*A + 0.18*C; pair W = (-11,0) + X; pair Z = (19, 9); draw(W--X, EndArrow); draw(X--Y, EndArrow); draw(Y--Z, EndArrow); anglepen=black; anglefontpen=black; MarkAngle("\theta", C,Y,Z, 3); [/asy] The cross-section of a prism with index of refraction $1.5$ is an equilateral triangle, as shown above. A ray of light comes in horizontally from air into the prism, and has the opportunity to leave the prism, at an angle $\theta$ with respect to the surface of the triangle. Find $\theta$ in degrees and round to the nearest whole number. [i](Ahaan Rungta, 5 points)[/i]
Find all integers $n \ge 3$ with the following property: it is possible to assign pairwise different positive integers to the vertices of an $n$-gonal prism in such a way that vertices with labels $a$ and $b$ are connected by an edge if and only if $a | b$ or $b | a$. Poland
Is it true that for each $ n$, the regular $ 2n$-gon is a projection of some polyhedron having not greater than $ n \plus{} 2$ faces?
Isabella is making sushi. She slices a piece of salmon into the shape of a solid triangular prism. The prism is $2$ cm thick, and its triangular faces have side lengths $7$ cm, $ 24$cm, and $25$ cm. Find the volume of this piece of salmon in cm$^3$. [i]Proposed by Isabella Li[/i]
A regular triangular prism has the altitude $h,$ and the two bases of the prism are equilateral triangles with side length $a.$ Dream-holes are made in the centers of both bases, and the three lateral faces are mirrors. Assume that a ray of light, entering the prism through the dream-hole in the upper base, then being reflected once by any of the three mirrors, quits the prism through the dream-hole in the lower base. Find the angle between the upper base and the light ray at the moment when the light ray entered the prism, and the length of the way of the light ray in the interior of the prism.
The centers of the faces of the right rectangular prism shown below are joined to create an octahedron, What is the volume of the octahedron? [asy] import three; size(2inch); currentprojection=orthographic(4,2,2); draw((0,0,0)--(0,0,3),dashed); draw((0,0,0)--(0,4,0),dashed); draw((0,0,0)--(5,0,0),dashed); draw((5,4,3)--(5,0,3)--(5,0,0)--(5,4,0)--(0,4,0)--(0,4,3)--(0,0,3)--(5,0,3)); draw((0,4,3)--(5,4,3)--(5,4,0)); label("3",(5,0,3)--(5,0,0),W); label("4",(5,0,0)--(5,4,0),S); label("5",(5,4,0)--(0,4,0),SE); [/asy] $\textbf{(A) } \dfrac{75}{12} \qquad\textbf{(B) } 10 \qquad\textbf{(C) } 12 \qquad\textbf{(D) } 10\sqrt2 \qquad\textbf{(E) } 15 $
Let $ABCD$ be a regular tetrahedron and let $E$ be a point inside the face $ABC$. Denote by $s$ the sum of the distances from $E$ to the faces $DAB$, $DBC$, $DCA$, and by $S$ the sum of the distances from $E$ to the edges $AB$, $BC$, $CA$. Then $\dfrac sS$ equals $\textbf{(A) }\sqrt2\qquad\textbf{(B) }\dfrac{2\sqrt2}3\qquad\textbf{(C) }\dfrac{\sqrt6}2\qquad\textbf{(D) }2\qquad\textbf{(E) }3$
A hollow box (with negligible thickness) shaped like a rectangular prism has a volume of $108$ cubic units. The top of the box is removed, exposing the faces on the inside of the box. What is the minimum possible value for the sum of the areas of the faces on the outside and inside of the box?
A prism is called [i]binary [/i] if it can be assigned to each of its vertices a number from the set $\{-1, 1\}$, such that the product of the numbers assigned to the vertices of each face is equal to $-1$. a) Prove that the number of vertices of the binary prisms is divisible for $8$. b) Prove that a prism with $2000$ vertices is binary.
Points $E$ and $F$ are taken on the diagonals $AB_1$ and $CA_1$ of the lateral faces $ABB_1A_1$ and $CAA_1C_1$ of a triangular prism $ABCA_1B_1C_1$ so that $EF\parallel BC_1$. Find the ratio of the lengths of $EF$ and $BC_1$.
Given a regular hexagonal prism. Find a polygonal line that, starting from a vertex of the base, runs through all the lateral faces and ends at the vertex of the face top, located on the same edge as the starting vertex, and has a minimum length.
The bases of a right hexagonal prism are regular hexagons of side length $s > 0$, and the prism has height $h$. The prism contains some water, and when it is placed on a flat surface with a hexagonal face on the bottom, the water has depth $\frac{s\sqrt3}{4}$. The water depth doesn’t change when the prism is turned so that a rectangular face is on the bottom. Compute $\frac{h}{s}$.
Three diagonals of a regular $n$-gon prism intersect at an interior point $O$. Show that $O$ is the center of the prism. (The diagonal of the prism is a segment joining two vertices not lying on the same face of the prism.)
There is a lamp in space.(Consider lamp a point) Do there exist finite number of equal sphers in space that the light of the lamp can not go to the infinite?(If a ray crash in a sphere it stops)
Three identical spheres fit into a glass with rectangular sides and bottom and top in the form of regular hexagons such that every sphere touches every side of the glass. The glass has volume $108$ cm$^3$. What is the sidelength of the bottom? [img]https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hBkYrORoBHk/XzcDt7B83AI/AAAAAAAAMXs/P5PGKTlNA7AvxkxMqG-qxqDVc9v9cU0VACLcBGAsYHQ/s0/2000%2BMohr%2Bp2.png[/img]
For what values of $n$ is it possible to paint the edges of a prism whose base is an $n$-gon so that there are edges of all three colours at each vertex and all the faces (including the upper and lower bases) have edges of all three colours? (AV Shapovelov)
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]
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.
Let $ ABC$ be a triangle, and let $ X$, $ Y$, $ Z$ be three points on the segments $ BC$, $ CA$, $ AB$, respectively. Denote by $ X^{\prime}$, $ Y^{\prime}$, $ Z^{\prime}$ the reflections of these points $ X$, $ Y$, $ Z$ in the midpoints of the segments $ BC$, $ CA$, $ AB$, respectively. Prove that $ \left\vert XYZ\right\vert \equal{}\left\vert X^{\prime}Y^{\prime}Z^{\prime}\right\vert$.
Let $\mathcal{B}$ be the set of rectangular boxes that have volume $23$ and surface area $54$. Suppose $r$ is the least possible radius of a sphere that can fit any element of $\mathcal{B}$ inside it. Then $r^{2}$ can be expressed as $\tfrac{p}{q}$, where $p$ and $q$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $p+q$.
A rectangular prism with positive integer side lengths formed by stacking unit cubes is called [i]bipartisan[/i] if the same number of unit cubes can be seen on the surface as those which cannot be seen on the surface. How many non-congruent bipartisan rectangular prisms are there? [i]2018 CCA Math Bonanza Team Round #8[/i]
Is it possible to cut a regular triangular prism into two equal pyramids?
Given a right triangular prism $A_1B_1C_1 - ABC$ with $\angle BAC = \frac{\pi}{2}$ and $AB = AC = AA_1$, let $G$, $E$ be the midpoints of $A_1B_1$, $CC_1$ respectively, and $D$, $F$ be variable points lying on segments $AC$, $AB$ (not including endpoints) respectively. If $GD \bot EF$, the range of the length of $DF$ is ${ \textbf{(A)}\ [\frac{1}{\sqrt{5}}, 1)\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ [\frac{1}{5}, 2)\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ [1, \sqrt{2})\qquad\textbf{(D)}} [\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}, \sqrt{2})\qquad $