A sphere is inscribed in a tetrahedron $ABCD$. The tangent planes to the sphere parallel to the faces of the tetrahedron cut off four smaller tetrahedra. Prove that sum of all the $24$ edges of the smaller tetrahedra equals twice the sum of edges of the tetrahedron $ABCD$.

Let $M$ be the set of all tetrahedra whose inscribed and circumscribed spheres are concentric. If the radii of these spheres are denoted by $r$ and $R$ respectively, find the possible values of $R/r$ over all tetrahedra from $M$ .

The altitudes of a tetrahedron $ABCD$ are extended externally to points $A'$, $B'$, $C'$, and $D'$, where $AA' = k/h_a$, $BB' = k/h_b$, $CC' = k/h_c$, and $DD' = k/h_d$. Here, $k$ is a constant and $h_a$ denotes the length of the altitude of $ABCD$ from vertex $A$, etc. Prove that the centroid of tetrahedron $A'B'C'D'$ coincides with the centroid of $ABCD$.

We say that a tetrahedron is [i]median [/i] if and only if for each vertex the plane that passes through the midpoints of the edges emerging from the vertex is tangent to the inscribed sphere. Also a tetrahedron is called [i]regular [/i] if all its faces are congruent. Prove that a tetrahedron is regular if and only if it is median.

Given a regular tetrahedron $OABC$. Take points $P,\ Q,\ R$ on the sides $OA,\ OB,\ OC$ respectively. Note that $P,\ Q,\ R$ are different from the vertices of the tetrahedron $OABC$. If $\triangle{PQR}$ is an equilateral triangle, then prove that three sides $PQ,\ QR,\ RP$ are pararell to three sides $AB,\ BC,\ CA$ respectively. 30 points

Given a regular tetrahedron $ABCD$ with edge length $1$ and a point $P$ inside it. What is the maximum value of $\left|PA\right|+\left|PB\right|+\left|PC\right|+\left|PD\right|$.

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

Perpendiculars at their centers of gravity (points of intersection of medians) are restored to the faces of the tetrahedron. Prove that the projections of the three perpendiculars to the fourth face intersect at one point.

Let $ABCD$ be a tetrahedron; $B', C', D'$ be the midpoints of the edges $AB, AC, AD$; $G_A, G_B, G_C, G_D$ be the barycentres of the triangles $BCD, ACD, ABD, ABC$, and $G$ be the barycentre of the tetrahedron. Show that $A, G, G_B, G_C, G_D$ are all on a sphere if and only if $A, G, B', C', D'$ are also on a sphere. [i]Dan Brânzei[/i]

Let $ ABCD $ be a tetrahedron with $ \angle ABC = \angle ABD = \angle CBD = 90^\circ $ and $ AB = BC $. Let $ E, F, G $ be points on $ \overline{AD} $, $ BD $, and $ \overline{CD} $, respectively, such that each of the quadrilaterals $ AEFB $, $ BFGC $, and $ CGEA $ have an inscribed circle. Let $ r $ be the smallest real number such that $ \dfrac{[\triangle EFG]}{[\triangle ABC]} \leq r $ for all such configurations $ A, B, C, D, E, F, G $. If $ r $ can be expressed as $ \dfrac{\sqrt{a - b\sqrt{c}}}{d} $ where $ a, b, c, d $ are positive integers with $ \gcd(a, b) $ squarefree and $ c $ squarefree, find $ a + b + c + d $. Note: Here, $ [P] $ denotes the area of polygon $ P $. (This wasn't in the original test; instead they used the notation $ \text{area}(P) $, which is clear but frankly cumbersome. :P)

We call a tetrahedron divisor of a parallelepiped if the parallelepiped can be divided into $6$ copies of that tetrahedron. Does there exist a parallelepiped that it has at least two different divisor tetrahedrons?

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$

Prove that one can construct two triangles from six edges of an arbitrary tetrahedron. (VV Proizvolov)

Prove that the intersection of a plane and a regular tetrahedron can be an obtuse-angled triangle and that the obtuse angle in any such triangle is always smaller than $ 120^{\circ}.$

Given a tetrahedron $A_1A_2A_3A_4$, define an $A_1$-exsphere such a sphere that is tangent to all planes given by faces of the tetrahedron and the vertex $A_1$ and the sphere are separated by the plane $A_2A_3A_4.$ Denote $\varrho_1,\ldots,\varrho_4$ of all four exspheres. Furthermore, denote $v_i, i=1,\ldots,4$ the distance of the vertex $A_i$ from the opposite face. Show that \[2\left(\frac{1}{v_1}+\frac{1}{v_2}+\frac{1}{v_3}+\frac{1}{v_4}\right)=\frac{1}{\varrho_1}+\frac{1}{\varrho_2}+\frac{1}{\varrho_3}+\frac{1}{\varrho_4}.\]

Let $P$ be a point inside a tetrahedron $ABCD$ and let $S_A,S_B,S_C,S_D$ be the centroids (i.e. centers of gravity) of the tetrahedra $PBCD,PCDA,PDAB,PABC$. Show that the volume of the tetrahedron $S_AS_BS_CS_D$ equals $1/64$ the volume of $ABCD$.

A sphere with center on the plane of the face $ABC$ of a tetrahedron $SABC$ passes through $A$, $B$ and $C$, and meets the edges $SA$, $SB$, $SC$ again at $A_1$, $B_1$, $C_1$, respectively. The planes through $A_1$, $B_1$, $C_1$ tangent to the sphere meet at $O$. Prove that $O$ is the circumcenter of the tetrahedron $SA_1B_1C_1$.

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]

In a tetrahedron $ABCD$ the edges $AB$ and $CD$ are perpendicular and $\angle ACB =\angle ADB$. Prove that the plane through $AB$ and the midpoint of the edge $CD$, is perpendicular to $CD$.

$(a)$ A plane $\pi$ passes through the vertex $O$ of the regular tetrahedron $OPQR$. We define $p, q, r$ to be the signed distances of $P,Q,R$ from $\pi$ measured along a directed normal to $\pi$. Prove that \[p^2 + q^2 + r^2 + (q - r)^2 + (r - p)^2 + (p - q)^2 = 2a^2,\] where $a$ is the length of an edge of a tetrahedron. $(b)$ Given four parallel planes not all of which are coincident, show that a regular tetrahedron exists with a vertex on each plane. [u]Note:[/u] Part $(b)$ is [url=http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=60825&start=0]IMO 1972 Problem 6[/url]

In the tetrahedron $DABC$ : $\angle ACB = \angle ADB$, $(CD) \perp (ABC)$. In triangle $ABC$, the altitude $h$ drawn to the side $AB$ and the distance $d$ from the center of the circumscribed circle to this side are given. Find the length of the $CD$.

Let $ABCD$ be an arbitrary tetrahedron. The bisectors of the angles $\angle BDC$, $\angle CDA$ and $\angle ADB$ intersect $BC$, $CA$ and $AB$, in the points $M$, $N$, $P$, respectively. a) Show that the planes $(ADM)$, $(BDN)$ and $(CDP)$ have a common line $d$. b) Let the points $A' \in (AD)$, $B' \in (BD)$ and $C' \in (CD)$ be such that $(AA') = (BB') = (CC')$ ; show that if $G$ and $G'$ are the centroids of $ABC$ and $A'B'C'$ then the lines $GG'$ and $d$ are either parallel or identical.

In the tetrahedron $ABCD,$ on the continuation of the edges $AB, AC$ and $AD$, three points were marked for point $A{},$ located from $A{}$ at a distance equal to the semi-perimeter of the triangle $BCD.$ Similarly, we marked three points corresponding to vertices $B, C$ and $D.$ Prove that if there is a sphere touching all the edges of the tetrahedron $ABCD$, then the marked 12 points lie on the same sphere. [i]Proposed by V. Alexandrov[/i]

Let $M$ be an arbitrary interior point of a tetrahedron $ABCD$, and let $S_A,S_B,S_C,S_D$ be the areas of the faces $BCD,ACD,ABD,ABC$, respectively. Prove that $$S_A\cdot MA+S_B\cdot MB+S_C\cdot MC+S_D\cdot MD\ge9V,$$where $V$ is the volume of $ABCD$. When does equality hold?

Given a trihedral angle Sxyz. A plane (P) not through S cuts Sx,Sy,Sz respectively at A,B,C. On the plane (P), outside triangle ABC, construct triangles DAB,EBC,FCA which are confruent to the triangles SAB,SBC,SCA respectively. Let (T) be the sphere lying inside Sxyz, but not inside the tetrahedron SABC, toucheing the planes containing the faces of SABC. Prove that (T) touches the plane (P) at the circumcenter of triangle DEF.