Let $r_1, \ldots , r_n$ be the radii of $n$ spheres. Call $S_1, S_2, \ldots , S_n$ the areas of the set of points of each sphere from which one cannot see any point of any other sphere. Prove that \[\frac{S_1}{r_1^2} + \frac{S_2}{r_2^2}+\cdots+\frac{S_n}{r_n^2} = 4 \pi.\]

$S_{1},S_{2},S_{3}$ are three spheres in $\mathbb R^{3}$ that their centers are not collinear. $k\leq8$ is the number of planes that touch three spheres. $A_{i},B_{i},C_{i}$ is the point that $i$-th plane touch the spheres $S_{1},S_{2},S_{3}$. Let $O_{i}$ be circumcenter of $A_{i}B_{i}C_{i}$. Prove that $O_{i}$ are collinear.

Four faces of tetrahedron $ABCD$ are congruent triangles whose angles form an arithmetic progression. If the lengths of the sides of the triangles are $a < b < c$, determine the radius of the sphere circumscribed about the tetrahedron as a function on $a, b$, and $c$. What is the ratio $c/a$ if $R = a \ ?$

Let a right cone of the base radius $r=3$ and height greater than $6$ be inscribed in a sphere of radius $R=6$. The volume of the cone can be expressed as $\pi(a\sqrt{b}+c)$, where $b$ is square free. Find $a+b+c$.

A right circular cylinder is inscribed in a sphere of radius $\sqrt3$. What is the height of the cylinder when its volume is maximal?

Two touching balls with radii $a$ and $b$ are enclosed in a cylindrical tin of diameter $d$ . Both balls hit the top surface and the shell of the cylinder. The largest ball also hits the bottom surface. Show that $\sqrt{d} =\sqrt{a} +\sqrt{b}$ [img]https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O4B3P3bghFs/Xy1fDv9zGkI/AAAAAAAAMSQ/ePLVnsXsRi0mz3SWBpIzfGdsizWoLmGVACLcBGAsYHQ/s0/flanders%2B2019%2Bp1.png[/img]

Prove that if the distance from a point inside a convex polyhedra with $n$ faces to the vertices of the polyhedra is at most 1, then the sum of the distances from this point to the faces of the polyhedra is smaller than $n-2$. [i]Calin Popescu[/i]

Prove that every partition of $3$-dimensional space into three disjoint subsets has the following property: One of these subsets contains all possible distances; i.e., for every $a \in \mathbb R^+$, there are points $M$ and $N$ inside that subset such that distance between $M$ and $N$ is exactly $a.$

Sphere $S$ is inscribed in cone $C$. The height of $C$ equals its radius, and both equal $12+12\sqrt2$. Let the vertex of the cone be $A$ and the center of the sphere be $B$. Plane $P$ is tangent to $S$ and intersects $\overline{AB}$. $X$ is the point on the intersection of $P$ and $C$ closest to $A$. Given that $AX=6$, find the area of the region of $P$ enclosed by the intersection of $C$ and $P$.

A tetrahedron is such that the center of the its circumscribed sphere is inside the tetrahedron. Show that at least one of its edges has a size larger than or equal to the size of the edge of a regular tetrahedron inscribed in this same sphere.

A charged particle with charge $q$ and mass $m$ is given an initial kinetic energy $K_0$ at the middle of a uniformly charged spherical region of total charge $Q$ and radius $R$. $q$ and $Q$ have opposite signs. The spherically charged region is not free to move. Throughout this problem consider electrostatic forces only. [asy] pen dps = linewidth(0.7) + fontsize(10); defaultpen(dps); size(100); filldraw(circle((0,0),1),gray(.8)); draw((0,0)--(0.5,sqrt(3)/2),EndArrow); label("$R$",(0.25,sqrt(3)/4),SE); [/asy] (a) Find the value of $K_0$ such that the particle will just reach the boundary of the spherically charged region. (b) How much time does it take for the particle to reach the boundary of the region if it starts with the kinetic energy $K_0$ found in part (a)?

The sphere inscribed in a tetrahedron $ABCD$ touches face $ABC$ at point $H$. Another sphere touches face $ABC$ at $O$ and the planes containing the other three faces at points exterior to the faces. Prove that if $O$ is the circumcenter of triangle $ABC$, then $H$ is the orthocenter of that triangle.

A tetrahedron with four equilateral triangular faces has a sphere inscribed within it and a sphere circumscribed about it. For each of the four faces, there is a sphere tangent externally to the face at its center and to the circumscribed sphere. A point $ P$ is selected at random inside the circumscribed sphere. The probability that $ P$ lies inside one of the five small spheres is closest to $ \textbf{(A)}\ 0\qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 0.1\qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 0.2\qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 0.3\qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 0.4$

One triangular face $F$ of a tetrahedron $\mathcal{T}$ has side lengths $\sqrt{5}$, $\sqrt{65}$, and $2\sqrt{17}$. The other three faces of $\mathcal{T}$ are right triangles whose hypotenuses coincide with the sides of $F$. There exists a sphere inside $\mathcal{T}$ tangent to all four of its faces. Compute the radius of this sphere.

A sphere is inscribed into a quadrangular pyramid. The point of contact of the sphere with the base of the pyramid is projected to the edges of the base. Prove that these projections are concyclic.

A tetrahedron $ABCD$ has all edges of length less than $100$, and contains two nonintersecting spheres of diameter $1$. Prove that it contains a sphere of diameter $1.01$.

Show that there exists a set $S$ of $15$ distinct circles on the surface of a sphere, all having the same radius and such that $5$ touch exactly $5$ others, $5$ touch exactly $4$ others, and $5$ touch exactly $3$ others. [i][General Problem: http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=384764][/i]

There are five research labs on Mars. Is it always possible to divide Mars to five connected congruent regions such that each region contains exactly on research lab. [img]http://i37.tinypic.com/f2iq8g.png[/img]

Two spheres in contact have a common tangent cone. These three surfaces divide the space into various parts, only one of which is bounded by all three surfaces, it is "ring-shaped." Being given the radii of the spheres, $r$ and $R$, find the volume of the "ring-shaped" part. (The desired expression is a rational function of $r$ and $R.$)

Two congruent right circular cones each with base radius $3$ and height $8$ have axes of symmetry that intersect at right angles at a point in the interior of the cones a distance $3$ from the base of each cone. A sphere with radius $r$ lies inside both cones. The maximum possible value for $r^2$ is $\frac mn$, where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $m+n$.

Given any five points on a sphere, show that some four of them must lie on a closed hemisphere.

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?

A plane intersects a sphere of radius $10$ such that the distance from the center of the sphere to the plane is $9$. The plane moves toward the center of the bubble at such a rate that the increase in the area of the intersection of the plane and sphere is constant, and it stops once it reaches the center of the circle. Determine the distance from the center of the sphere to the plane after two-thirds of the time has passed.

Two non-coplanar circles in space are tangent at a point and have the same tangents at this point. Show that both circles lie on some sphere.

The altitudes $AA_1,BB_1,CC_1,DD_1$ of a tetrahedron $ABCD$ intersect in the center $H$ of the sphere inscribed in the tetrahedron $A_1B_1C_1D_1$. Prove that the tetrahedron $ABCD$ is regular. (D. Tereshin)