Found problems: 619
Vectors coincide with the edges of an arbitrary tetrahedron (possibly non-regular). Is it possible for the sum of these six vectors to equal the zero vector?
(Problem from Leningrad)
[b]8.[/b] Show that on any tetrahedron there can be found three acute bihedral angles such that the faces including these angles count among them all faces of tetrahedron. [b](G. 10)[/b]
A tetrahedron $ABCD$ satisfies $\angle BAC=\angle CAD=\angle DAB=90^o$. Show that the areas of its faces satisfy the equation $area(BAC)^2 + area(CAD)^2 + area(DAB)^2 = area(BCD)^2$.
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Consider positive numbers $h, s_1, s_2$, and a spatial triangle $\vartriangle ABC$. How many ways are there to select a point $D$ so that the height of tetrahedron $ABCD$ drawn from $D$ equals $h$, and the areas of faces $ACD$ and $BCD$ equal $s_1$ and $s_2$, respectively?
Prove that the four segments connecting the vertices of the tetrahedron with the centers of gravity of the opposite faces have a common point.
In tetrahedron $ABCD$, edge $AB$ has length 3 cm. The area of face $ABC$ is 15 $\text{cm}^2$ and the area of face $ABD$ is 12 $\text{cm}^2$. These two faces meet each other at a $30^\circ$ angle. Find the volume of the tetrahedron in $\text{cm}^3$.
A sphere is inscribed in a regular tetrahedron. Another regular tetrahedron is inscribed in the sphere. Find the ratio of the volumes of these two tetrahedra.
Prove that we can fill in the three dimensional space with regular tetrahedrons and regular octahedrons, all of which have the same edge-lengths. Also find the ratio of the number of the regular tetrahedrons used and the number of the regular octahedrons used.
On the sides $(AB)$, $(BC)$, $(CD)$ and $(DA)$ of the regular tetrahedron $ABCD$, one considers the points $M$, $N$, $P$, $Q$, respectively Prove that
$$MN \cdot NP \cdot PQ \cdot QM \ge AM \cdot BN \cdot CP \cdot DQ.$$
Two points $ P$ and $ Q$ lie in the interior of a regular tetrahedron $ ABCD$. Prove that angle $ PAQ < 60^\circ$.
In the $xyz$-space take four points $P(0,\ 0,\ 2),\ A(0,\ 2,\ 0),\ B(\sqrt{3},-1,\ 0),\ C(-\sqrt{3},-1,\ 0)$.
Find the volume of the part satifying $x^2+y^2\geq 1$ in the tetrahedron $PABC$.
50 points
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.
Three 12 cm $\times$ 12 cm squares are each cut into two pieces $A$ and $B$, as shown in the first figure below, by joining the midpoints of two adjacent sides. These six pieces are then attached to a regular hexagon, as shown in the second figure, so as to fold into a polyhedron. What is the volume (in $\text{cm}^3$) of this polyhedron?
[asy]
defaultpen(fontsize(10));
size(250);
draw(shift(0, sqrt(3)+1)*scale(2)*rotate(45)*polygon(4));
draw(shift(-sqrt(3)*(sqrt(3)+1)/2, -(sqrt(3)+1)/2)*scale(2)*rotate(165)*polygon(4));
draw(shift(sqrt(3)*(sqrt(3)+1)/2, -(sqrt(3)+1)/2)*scale(2)*rotate(285)*polygon(4));
filldraw(scale(2)*polygon(6), white, black);
pair X=(2,0)+sqrt(2)*dir(75), Y=(-2,0)+sqrt(2)*dir(105), Z=(2*dir(300))+sqrt(2)*dir(225);
pair[] roots={2*dir(0), 2*dir(60), 2*dir(120), 2*dir(180), 2*dir(240), 2*dir(300)};
draw(roots[0]--X--roots[1]);
label("$B$", centroid(roots[0],X,roots[1]));
draw(roots[2]--Y--roots[3]);
label("$B$", centroid(roots[2],Y,roots[3]));
draw(roots[4]--Z--roots[5]);
label("$B$", centroid(roots[4],Z,roots[5]));
label("$A$", (1+sqrt(3))*dir(90));
label("$A$", (1+sqrt(3))*dir(210));
label("$A$", (1+sqrt(3))*dir(330));
draw(shift(-10,0)*scale(2)*polygon(4));
draw((sqrt(2)-10,0)--(-10,sqrt(2)));
label("$A$", (-10,0));
label("$B$", centroid((sqrt(2)-10,0),(-10,sqrt(2)),(sqrt(2)-10, sqrt(2))));[/asy]
Let $ P$ be a point inside a regular tetrahedron $ T$ of unit volume. The four planes passing through $ P$ and parallel to the faces of $ T$ partition $ T$ into 14 pieces. Let $ f(P)$ be the joint volume of those pieces that are neither a tetrahedron nor a parallelepiped (i.e., pieces adjacent to an edge but not to a vertex). Find the exact bounds for $ f(P)$ as $ P$ varies over $ T.$
Prove the following assertion: The four altitudes of a tetrahedron $ABCD$ intersect in a point if and only if
\[AB^2 + CD^2 = BC^2 + AD^2 = CA^2 + BD^2.\]
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.
Given that $P$ is a point inside a tetrahedron with vertices at $A, B, C$ and $D$, such that the sum of the distances $PA+PB+PC+PD$ is a minimum, show that the two angles $\angle APB$ and $\angle CPD$ are equal and are bisected by the same straight line. What other pair of angles must be equal?
In a triangle $ABC$, let $A_{1}$, $B_{1}$, $C_{1}$ be the points where the excircles touch the sides $BC$, $CA$ and $AB$ respectively. Prove that $A A_{1}$, $B B_{1}$ and $C C_{1}$ are the sidelenghts of a triangle.
[i]Proposed by L. Emelyanov[/i]
Points $A_1$, $A_2$, $A_3$, $A_4$ are the vertices of a regular tetrahedron of edge length $1$. The points $B_1$ and $B_2$ lie inside the figure bounded by the plane $A_1A_2A_3$ and the spheres of radius $1$ and centres $A_1$, $A_2$, $A_3$.
Prove that $B_1B_2 < \max\{B_1A_1, B_1A_2, B_1A_3, B_1A_4\}$.
[i] A. Kupavsky [/i]
Let $ABCD$ be a tetrahedron in which the opposite sides are equal and form equal angles.
Prove that it is regular.
What is the radius of the largest sphere that fits inside the tetrahedron whose vertices are the points $(0, 0, 0)$, $(1, 0, 0)$, $(0, 1, 0)$, $(0, 0, 1)$?
Let $a_{ij}$ $i=1,2,3$; $j=1,2,3$ be real numbers such that $a_{ij}$ is positive for $i=j$ and negative for $i\neq j$.
Prove the existence of positive real numbers $c_{1}$, $c_{2}$, $c_{3}$ such that the numbers \[a_{11}c_{1}+a_{12}c_{2}+a_{13}c_{3},\qquad a_{21}c_{1}+a_{22}c_{2}+a_{23}c_{3},\qquad a_{31}c_{1}+a_{32}c_{2}+a_{33}c_{3}\] are either all negative, all positive, or all zero.
[i]Proposed by Kiran Kedlaya, USA[/i]
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.
Let $Ox, Oy, Oz$ be three rays, and $G$ a point inside the trihedron $Oxyz$. Consider all planes passing through $G$ and cutting $Ox, Oy, Oz$ at points $A,B,C$, respectively. How is the plane to be placed in order to yield a tetrahedron $OABC$ with minimal perimeter ?
Let $I$ be the incenter of a tetrahedron $ABCD$, and $J$ be the center of the exsphere touching the face $BCD$ containing three remaining faces (outside these faces). The segment $IJ$ meets the circumsphere of the tetrahedron at point $K$. Which of two segments $IJ$ and $JK$ is longer?