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Found problems: 619

1953 Polish MO Finals, 3

Through each vertex of a tetrahedron with a given volume $ V $, a plane is drawn parallel to the opposite face of the tetrahedron. Calculate the volume of the tetrahedron formed by these planes.

2021 All-Russian Olympiad, 6

In tetrahedron $ABCS$ no two edges have equal length. Point $A'$ in plane $BCS$ is symmetric to $S$ with respect to the perpendicular bisector of $BC$. Points $B'$ and $C'$ are defined analagously. Prove that planes $ABC, AB'C', A'BC'$ abd $A'B'C$ share a common point.

2022/2023 Tournament of Towns, P6

The midpoints of all heights of a certain tetrahedron lie on its inscribed sphere. Is this tetrahedron necessarily regular then?

1964 Kurschak Competition, 1

$ABC$ is an equilateral triangle. $D$ and$ D'$ are points on opposite sides of the plane $ABC$ such that the two tetrahedra $ABCD$ and $ABCD'$ are congruent (but not necessarily with the vertices in that order). If the polyhedron with the five vertices $A, B, C, D, D'$ is such that the angle between any two adjacent faces is the same, find $DD'/AB$ .

1966 IMO Shortlist, 23

Three faces of a tetrahedron are right triangles, while the fourth is not an obtuse triangle. [i](a) [/i]Prove that a necessary and sufficient condition for the fourth face to be a right triangle is that at some vertex exactly two angles are right. [i](b)[/i] Prove that if all the faces are right triangles, then the volume of the tetrahedron equals one -sixth the product of the three smallest edges not belonging to the same face.

1990 Brazil National Olympiad, 3

Each face of a tetrahedron is a triangle with sides $a, b,$c and the tetrahedon has circumradius 1. Find $a^2 + b^2 + c^2$.

2006 Sharygin Geometry Olympiad, 10.5

Can a tetrahedron scan turn out to be a triangle with sides $3, 4$ and $5$ (a tetrahedron can be cut only along the edges)?

1962 IMO, 7

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.

1963 German National Olympiad, 6

Consider a pyramid $ABCD$ whose base $ABC$ is a triangle. Through a point $M$ of the edge $DA$, the lines $MN$ and $MP$ on the plane of the surfaces $DAB$ and $DAC$ are drawn respectively, such that $N$ is on $DB$ and $P$ is on $DC$ and $ABNM$ , $ACPM$ are cyclic quadrilaterals. a) Prove that $BCPN$ is also a cyclic quadrilateral. b) Prove that the points $A,B,C,M,N, P$ lie on a sphere.

1983 IMO Longlists, 3

[b](a)[/b] Given a tetrahedron $ABCD$ and its four altitudes (i.e., lines through each vertex, perpendicular to the opposite face), assume that the altitude dropped from $D$ passes through the orthocenter $H_4$ of $\triangle ABC$. Prove that this altitude $DH_4$ intersects all the other three altitudes. [b](b)[/b] If we further know that a second altitude, say the one from vertex A to the face $BCD$, also passes through the orthocenter $H_1$ of $\triangle BCD$, then prove that all four altitudes are concurrent and each one passes through the orthocenter of the respective triangle.

2012-2013 SDML (Middle School), 2

A regular tetrahedron with $5$-inch edges weighs $2.5$ pounds. What is the weight in pounds of a similarly constructed regular tetrahedron that has $6$-inch edges? Express your answer as a decimal rounded to the nearest hundredth.

1962 Swedish Mathematical Competition, 5

Find the largest cube which can be placed inside a regular tetrahedron with side $1$ so that one of its faces lies on the base of the tetrahedron.

1964 German National Olympiad, 3

Given a (not necessarily regular) tetrahedron, all of its sides are equal in area. Prove that the following points then coincide: a) the center of the inscribed sphere, i.e. all four side surfaces internally touching sphere, b) the center of the surrounding sphere, i.e. the sphere passing through the four vertixes.

1972 IMO Shortlist, 5

Prove the following assertion: The four altitudes of a tetrahedron $ABCD$ intersect in a point if and only if \[AB^2 + CD^2 = BC^2 + AD^2 = CA^2 + BD^2.\]

1974 Poland - Second Round, 3

Prove that the orthogonal projections of the vertex $ D $ of the tetrahedron $ ABCD $ onto the bisectors of the internal and external dihedral angles at the edges $ \overline{AB} $, $ \overline{BC} $ and $ \overline{CA} $ belong to one plane .

1986 Balkan MO, 2

Let $ABCD$ be a tetrahedron and let $E,F,G,H,K,L$ be points lying on the edges $AB,BC,CD$ $,DA,DB,DC$ respectively, in such a way that \[AE \cdot BE = BF \cdot CF = CG \cdot AG= DH \cdot AH=DK \cdot BK=DL \cdot CL.\] Prove that the points $E,F,G,H,K,L$ all lie on a sphere.

2009 Flanders Math Olympiad, 4

The maximum number of solid regular tetrahedrons can be placed against each other so that one of their edges coincides with a given line segment in space? [hide=original wording]Hoeveel massieve regelmatige viervlakken kan men maximaal tegen mekaar plaatsen zodat ´e´en van hun ribben samenvalt met een gegeven lijnstuk in de ruimte?[/hide]

2009 Romanian Master of Mathematics, 3

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]

1978 All Soviet Union Mathematical Olympiad, 266

Prove that for every tetrahedron there exist two planes such that the projection areas on those planes ratio is not less than $\sqrt 2$.

1982 All Soviet Union Mathematical Olympiad, 348

The $KLMN$ tetrahedron (triangle pyramid) vertices are situated inside or on the faces or on the edges of the $ABCD$ tetrahedron. Prove that perimeter of $KLMN$ is less than $4/3$ perimeter of $ABCD$.

2005 National High School Mathematics League, 10

In tetrahedron $ABCD$, the volume of tetrahedron $ABCD$ is $\frac{1}{6}$, and $\angle ACB=45^{\circ},AD+BC+\frac{AC}{\sqrt2}=3$, then $CD=$________.

1969 IMO Longlists, 55

For each of $k=1,2,3,4,5$ find necessary and sufficient conditions on $a>0$ such that there exists a tetrahedron with $k$ edges length $a$ and the remainder length $1$.

1996 Polish MO Finals, 1

$ABCD$ is a tetrahedron with $\angle BAC = \angle ACD$ and $\angle ABD = \angle BDC$. Show that $AB = CD$.

1993 All-Russian Olympiad Regional Round, 11.6

Seven tetrahedra are placed on the table. For any three of them there exists a horizontal plane cutting them in triangles of equal areas. Show that there exists a plane cutting all seven tetrahedra in triangles of equal areas.

1986 IMO Shortlist, 21

Let $ABCD$ be a tetrahedron having each sum of opposite sides equal to $1$. Prove that \[r_A + r_B + r_C + r_D \leq \frac{\sqrt 3}{3}\] where $r_A, r_B, r_C, r_D$ are the inradii of the faces, equality holding only if $ABCD$ is regular.