Find the mathematical expectation of the area of the projection of a cube with edge of length $1$ onto a plane with an isotropically distributed random direction of projection.

Astrophysicists have discovered a minor planet of radius $30$ kilometers whose surface is completely covered in water. A spherical meteor hits this planet and is submerged in the water. This incidence causes an increase of $1$ centimeters to the height of the water on this planet. What is the radius of the meteor in meters?

Faces of a convex polyhedron are six squares and 8 equilateral triangles and each edge is a common side for one triangle and one square. All dihedral angles obtained from the triangle and square with a common edge, are equal. Prove that it is possible to circumscribe a sphere around the polyhedron, and compute the ratio of the squares of volumes of that polyhedron and of the ball whose boundary is the circumscribed sphere.

Every vertex of a convex polyhedron belongs to three edges. It is possible to circumscribe a circle around all its faces. Prove that the polyhedron can be inscribed in a sphere.

Let $n\geq 3$ be integer. Given a regular $n$-polygon $P$ with side length 4 on the plane $z=0$ in the $xyz$-space.Llet $G$ be a circumcenter of $P$. When the center of the sphere $B$ with radius 1 travels round along the sides of $P$, denote by $K_n$ the solid swept by $B$. Answer the following questions. (1) Take two adjacent vertices $P_1,\ P_2$ of $P$. Let $Q$ be the intersection point between the perpendicular dawn from $G$ to $P_1P_2$, prove that $GQ>1$. (2) (i) Express the area of cross section $S(t)$ in terms of $t,\ n$ when $K_n$ is cut by the plane $z=t\ (-1\leq t\leq 1)$. (ii) Express the volume $V(n)$ of $K_n$ in terms of $n$. (3) Denote by $l$ the line which passes through $G$ and perpendicular to the plane $z=0$. Express the volume $W(n)$ of the solid by generated by a rotation of $K_n$ around $l$ in terms of $n$. (4) Find $\lim_{n\to\infty} \frac{V(n)}{W(n)} .$

The tetrahedron $SABC$ has the following property: there exist five spheres, each tangent to the edges $SA, SB, SC, BC, CA, AB,$ or to their extensions. a) Prove that the tetrahedron $SABC$ is regular. b) Prove conversely that for every regular tetrahedron five such spheres exist.

We say that a rational number is [i]spheric[/i] if it is the sum of three squares of rational numbers (not necessarily distinct). Prove that: [b]a)[/b] $ 7 $ is not spheric. [b]b)[/b] a rational spheric number raised to the power of any natural number greater than $ 1 $ is spheric.

Let $ r$ and $ s$ two orthogonal lines that does not lay on the same plane. Let $ AB$ be their common perpendicular, where $ A\in{}r$ and $ B\in{}s$(*).Consider the sphere of diameter $ AB$. The points $ M\in{r}$ and $ N\in{s}$ varies with the condition that $ MN$ is tangent to the sphere on the point $ T$. Find the locus of $ T$. Note: The plane that contains $ B$ and $ r$ is perpendicular to $ s$.

A sphere touches all edges of a tetrahedron. Let $a, b, c$ and d be the segments of the tangents to the sphere from the vertices of the tetrahedron. Is it true that that some of these segments necessarily form a triangle? (It is not obligatory to use all segments. The side of the triangle can be formed by two segments)

Prove this proposition: Center the sphere circumscribed around a tetrahedron which coincides with the center of a sphere inscribed in that tetrahedron if and only if the skew edges of the tetrahedron are equal.

Prove that among any five distinct rays $ Ox$, $ Oy$, $ Oz$, $ Ot$, $ Or$ in space there exist two which form an angle less than or equal to $ 90^{\circ}$.

Let $ A_1A_2A_3A_4$ be a tetrahedron, $ G$ its centroid, and $ A'_1, A'_2, A'_3,$ and $ A'_4$ the points where the circumsphere of $ A_1A_2A_3A_4$ intersects $ GA_1,GA_2,GA_3,$ and $ GA_4,$ respectively. Prove that \[ GA_1 \cdot GA_2 \cdot GA_3 \cdot GA_ \cdot4 \leq GA'_1 \cdot GA'_2 \cdot GA'_3 \cdot GA'_4\] and \[ \frac{1}{GA'_1} \plus{} \frac{1}{GA'_2} \plus{} \frac{1}{GA'_3} \plus{} \frac{1}{GA'_4} \leq \frac{1}{GA_1} \plus{} \frac{1}{GA_2} \plus{} \frac{1}{GA_3} \plus{} \frac{1}{GA_4}.\]

Five points are on the surface of of a sphere of radius $1$. Let $a_{\text{min}}$ denote the smallest distance (measured along a straight line in space) between any two of these points. What is the maximum value for $a_{\text{min}}$, taken over all arrangements of the five points?

Let $A$ and $B$ be two spheres of different radii, both inscribed in a cone $K$. There are $m$ other, congruent spheres arranged in a ring such that each of them touches $A, B, K$ and two of the other spheres. Prove that this is possible for at most three values of $m.$

Let $SABCD$ be an inscribed pyramid, and $AA_1$, $BB_1$, $CC_1$, $DD_1$ be the perpendiculars from $A$, $B$, $C$, $D$ to lines $SC$, $SD$, $SA$, $SB$ respectively. Points $S$, $A_1$, $B_1$, $C_1$, $D_1$ are distinct and lie on a sphere. Prove that points $A_1$, $B_1$, $C_1$ and $D_1$ are coplanar.

Prove that the sum of the distances of the vertices of a regular tetrahedron from the center of its circumscribed sphere is less than the sum of the distances of these vertices from any other point in space.

Consider a cone of revolution with an inscribed sphere tangent to the base of the cone. A cylinder is circumscribed about this sphere so that one of its bases lies in the base of the cone. let $V_1$ be the volume of the cone and $V_2$ be the volume of the cylinder. a) Prove that $V_1 \neq V_2$; b) Find the smallest number $k$ for which $V_1=kV_2$; for this case, construct the angle subtended by a diamter of the base of the cone at the vertex of the cone.

Let $A_1A_2A_3A_4$ be a tetrahedron. We construct four mutually tangent spheres $S_1,S_2,S_3,S_4$ with centers $A_1,A_2,A_3,A_4$ respectively. Suppose that there exists a point $Q$ such that we can construct two spheres centered at $Q$ satisfying the following conditions: i) One sphere with radius $r$ is tangent to $S_1,S_2,S_3,S_4$; ii) One sphere with radius $R$ is tangent to every edges of tetrahedron $A_1A_2A_3A_4$. Prove that $A_1A_2A_3A_4$ is a regular tetrahedron.

A sphere of radius $1$ is internally tangent to all four faces of a regular tetrahedron. Find the tetrahedron's volume.

Three spheres each of unit radius have centers $P,Q,R$ with the property that the center of each sphere lies on the surface of the other two spheres. Let $C$ denote the cylinder with cross-section $PQR$ (the triangular lamina with vertices $P,Q,R$) and axis perpendicular to $PQR$. Let $M$ denote the space which is common to the three spheres and the cylinder $C$, and suppose the mass density of $M$ at a given point is the distance of the point from $PQR$. Determine the mass of $M$.

Let $A,B,C,D,E,F,G$ and $H$ be eight pairwise distinct points on the surface of a sphere. The quadruples $(A,B,C,D), (A,B,F,E),(B,C,G,F),(C,D,H,G)$ and $(D,A,E,H)$ of points are coplanar. Prove that the quadruple $(E,F,G,H)$ is coplanar aswell.

Five points are chosen on the sphere, no three of them lying on a great circle (a great circle is the intersection of the sphere with some plane passing through the sphere’s centre). Two great circles not containing any of the chosen points are called equivalent if one of them can be moved to the other without passing through any chosen points. (a) How many nonequivalent great circles not containing any chosen points can be drawn on the sphere? (b) Answer the same problem, but with $n$ chosen points.

An ice cream cone consists of a sphere of vanilla ice cream and a right circular cone that has the same diameter as the sphere. If the ice cream melts, it will exactly fill the cone. Assume that the melted ice cream occupies $ 75\%$ of the volume of the frozen ice cream. What is the ratio of the cone’s height to its radius? $ \textbf{(A)}\ 2: 1 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 3: 1 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 4: 1 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 16: 3 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 6: 1$

Some identically sized spheres are piled in $n$ layers in the shape of a square pyramid with one sphere in the top layer, 4 spheres in the second layer, 9 spheres in the third layer, and so forth so that the bottom layer has a square array of $n^2$ spheres. In each layer the centers of the spheres form a square grid so that each sphere is tangent to any sphere adjacent to it on the grid. Each sphere in an upper level is tangent to the four spheres directly below it. The diagram shows how the first three layers of spheres are stacked. A square pyramid is built around the pile of spheres so that the sides of the pyramid are tangent to the spheres on the outside of the pile. There is a positive integer $m$ such that as $n$ gets large, the ratio of the volume of the pyramid to the total volume inside all of the spheres approaches $\frac{\sqrt{m}}{\pi}$. Find $m$. [center][img]https://snag.gy/bIwyl6.jpg[/img][/center]

A square and equilateral triangle have the same perimeter. If the triangle has area $16\sqrt3$, what is the area of the square? [i]Proposed by Evan Chen[/i]