Found problems: 619
1982 Austrian-Polish Competition, 8
Let $P$ be a point inside a regular tetrahedron ABCD with edge length $1$. Show that $$d(P,AB)+d(P,AC)+d(P,AD)+d(P,BC)+d(P,BD)+d(P,CD) \ge \frac{3}{2} \sqrt2$$ , with equality only when $P$ is the centroid of $ABCD$.
Here $d(P,XY)$ denotes the distance from point $P$ to line $XY$.
1996 Tuymaada Olympiad, 8
Given a tetrahedron $ABCD$, in which $AB=CD= 13 , AC=BD=14$ and $AD=BC=15$.
Show that the centers of the inscribed sphere and sphere around it coincide, and find the radii of these spheres.
2011 AMC 10, 13
Two real numbers are selected independently at random from the interval [-20, 10]. What is the probability that the product of those numbers is greater than zero?
$ \textbf{(A)}\ \frac{1}{9} \qquad
\textbf{(B)}\ \frac{1}{3} \qquad
\textbf{(C)}\ \frac{4}{9} \qquad
\textbf{(D)}\ \frac{5}{9} \qquad
\textbf{(E)}\ \frac{2}{3} $
1997 Bundeswettbewerb Mathematik, 1
Three faces of a regular tetrahedron are painted in white and the remaining one in black. Initially, the tetrahedron is positioned on a plane with the black face down. It is then tilted several times over its edges. After a while it returns to its original position. Can it now have a white face down?
1966 All Russian Mathematical Olympiad, 080
Given a triangle $ABC$. Consider all the tetrahedrons $PABC$ with $PH$ -- the smallest of all tetrahedron's heights. Describe the set of all possible points $H$.
Ukrainian TYM Qualifying - geometry, 2013.17
Through the point of intersection of the medians of each of the faces a tetrahedron is drawn perpendicular to this face. Prove that all these four lines intersect at one point if and only if the four lines containing the heights of this tetrahedron intersect at one point .
Ukrainian TYM Qualifying - geometry, VIII.2
Investigate the properties of the tetrahedron $ABCD$ for which there is equality
$$\frac{AD}{ \sin \alpha}=\frac{BD}{\sin \beta}=\frac{CD}{ \sin \gamma}$$
where $\alpha, \beta, \gamma$ are the values of the dihedral angles at the edges $AD, BD$ and $CD$, respectively.
2009 Princeton University Math Competition, 2
Tetrahedron $ABCD$ has sides of lengths, in increasing order, $7, 13, 18, 27, 36, 41$. If $AB=41$, then what is the length of $CD$?
2016 Fall CHMMC, 12
For a positive real number $a$, let $C$ be the cube with vertices at $(\pm a, \pm a, \pm a)$ and let $T$ be the tetrahedron with vertices at $(2a,2a,2a),(2a, -2a, -2a),(-2a, 2a, -2a),(-2a, -2a, -2a)$. If the intersection of $T$ and $C$ has volume $ka^3$ for some $k$, find $k$.
1987 Traian Lălescu, 1.3
Let $ ABCD $ be a tetahedron and $ M,N $ the middlepoints of $ AB, $ respectively, $ CD. $ Show that any plane that contains $ M $ and $ N $ cuts the tetrahedron in two polihedra that have same volume.
1999 Czech And Slovak Olympiad IIIA, 2
In a tetrahedron $ABCD, E$ and $F$ are the midpoints of the medians from $A$ and $D$. Find the ratio of the volumes of tetrahedra $BCEF$ and $ABCD$.
Note: Median in a tetrahedron connects a vertex and the centroid of the opposite side.
2004 AMC 12/AHSME, 22
Three mutually tangent spheres of radius $ 1$ rest on a horizontal plane. A sphere of radius $ 2$ rests on them. What is the distance from the plane to the top of the larger sphere?
$ \textbf{(A)}\ 3 \plus{} \frac {\sqrt {30}}{2} \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 3 \plus{} \frac {\sqrt {69}}{3} \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 3 \plus{} \frac {\sqrt {123}}{4}\qquad \textbf{(D)}\ \frac {52}{9}\qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 3 \plus{} 2\sqrt2$
1983 IMO Longlists, 40
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 $R = a \ ?$
2017 International Zhautykov Olympiad, 3
Let $ABCD$ be the regular tetrahedron, and $M, N$ points in space. Prove that: $AM \cdot AN + BM \cdot BN + CM \cdot CN \geq DM \cdot DN$
1991 China Team Selection Test, 3
All edges of a polyhedron are painted with red or yellow. For an angle of a facet, if the edges determining it are of different colors, then the angle is called [i]excentric[/i]. The[i] excentricity [/i]of a vertex $A$, namely $S_A$, is defined as the number of excentric angles it has. Prove that there exist two vertices $B$ and $C$ such that $S_B + S_C \leq 4$.
2000 Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament, 32
How many (nondegenerate) tetrahedrons can be formed from the vertices of an $n$-dimensional hypercube?
2008 Iran Team Selection Test, 4
Let $ P_1,P_2,P_3,P_4$ be points on the unit sphere. Prove that $ \sum_{i\neq j}\frac1{|P_i\minus{}P_j|}$ takes its minimum value if and only if these four points are vertices of a regular pyramid.
1986 China Team Selection Test, 2
Given a tetrahedron $ABCD$, $E$, $F$, $G$, are on the respectively on the segments $AB$, $AC$ and $AD$. Prove that:
i) area $EFG \leq$ max{area $ABC$,area $ABD$,area $ACD$,area $BCD$}.
ii) The same as above replacing "area" for "perimeter".
1985 Bundeswettbewerb Mathematik, 2
The insphere of any tetrahedron has radius $r$. The four tangential planes parallel to the side faces of the tetrahedron cut from the tetrahedron four smaller tetrahedrons whose in-sphere radii are $r_1, r_2, r_3$ and $r_4$. Prove that $$r_1 + r_2 + r_3 + r_4 = 2r$$
1999 Croatia National Olympiad, Problem 1
For every edge of a tetrahedron, we consider a plane through its midpoint that is perpendicular to the opposite edge. Prove that these six planes intersect in a point symmetric to the circumcenter of the tetrahedron with respect to its centroid.
1985 IMO Shortlist, 9
Determine the radius of a sphere $S$ that passes through the centroids of each face of a given tetrahedron $T$ inscribed in a unit sphere with center $O$. Also, determine the distance from $O$ to the center of $S$ as a function of the edges of $T.$
1997 Croatia National Olympiad, Problem 3
The areas of the faces $ABD,ACD,BCD,BCA$ of a tetrahedron $ABCD$ are $S_1,S_2,Q_1,Q_2$, respectively. The angle between the faces $ABD$ and $ACD$ equals $\alpha$, and the angle between $BCD$ and $BCA$ is $\beta$. Prove that
$$S_1^2+S_2^2-2S_1S_2\cos\alpha=Q_1^2+Q_2^2-2Q_1Q_2\cos\beta.$$
1991 Turkey Team Selection Test, 3
Let $U$ be the sum of lengths of sides of a tetrahedron (triangular pyramid) with vertices $O,A,B,C$. Let $V$ be the volume of the convex shape whose vertices are the midpoints of the sides of the tetrahedron. Show that $V\leq \frac{(U-|OA|-|BC| )(U-|OB|-|AC| )(U-|OC|-|AB| )}{(2^{7} \cdot 3)}$.
1996 Estonia National Olympiad, 5
Suppose that $n$ teterahedra are given in space such that any two of them have at least two common vertices, but any three have at most one common vertex. Find the greatest possible $n$.
2011 Polish MO Finals, 2
In a tetrahedron $ABCD$, the four altitudes are concurrent at $H$. The line $DH$ intersects the plane $ABC$ at $P$ and the circumsphere of $ABCD$ at $Q\neq D$. Prove that $PQ=2HP$.