Found problems: 619
1971 IMO, 1
All faces of the tetrahedron $ABCD$ are acute-angled. Take a point $X$ in the interior of the segment $AB$, and similarly $Y$ in $BC, Z$ in $CD$ and $T$ in $AD$.
[b]a.)[/b] If $\angle DAB+\angle BCD\ne\angle CDA+\angle ABC$, then prove none of the closed paths $XYZTX$ has minimal length;
[b]b.)[/b] If $\angle DAB+\angle BCD=\angle CDA+\angle ABC$, then there are infinitely many shortest paths $XYZTX$, each with length $2AC\sin k$, where $2k=\angle BAC+\angle CAD+\angle DAB$.
2009 Tournament Of Towns, 3
Every edge of a tetrahedron is tangent to a given sphere. Prove that the three line segments joining the points of tangency of the three pairs of opposite edges of the tetrahedron are concurrent.
[i](7 points)[/i]
2013 Princeton University Math Competition, 7
A tetrahedron $ABCD$ satisfies $AB=6$, $CD=8$, and $BC=DA=5$. Let $V$ be the maximum value of $ABCD$ possible. If we can write $V^4=2^n3^m$ for some integers $m$ and $n$, find $mn$.
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 $XY$.
1997 All-Russian Olympiad, 3
A sphere inscribed in a tetrahedron touches one face at the intersection of its angle bisectors, a second face at the intersection of its altitudes, and a third face at the intersection of its medians. Show that the tetrahedron is regular.
[i]N. Agakhanov[/i]
1977 IMO Longlists, 56
The four circumcircles of the four faces of a tetrahedron have equal radii. Prove that the four faces of the tetrahedron are congruent triangles.
1969 IMO Shortlist, 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 $1$.
2015 AMC 12/AHSME, 16
Tetrahedron $ABCD$ has $AB=5$, $AC=3$, $BC=4$, $BD=4$, $AD=3$, and $CD=\tfrac{12}5\sqrt2$. What is the volume of the tetrahedron?
$\textbf{(A) }3\sqrt2\qquad\textbf{(B) }2\sqrt5\qquad\textbf{(C) }\dfrac{24}5\qquad\textbf{(D) }3\sqrt3\qquad\textbf{(E) }\dfrac{24}5\sqrt2$
2024 All-Russian Olympiad, 1
We are given an infinite cylinder in space (i.e. the locus of points of a given distance $R>0$ from a given straight line). Can six straight lines containing the edges of a tetrahedron all have exactly one common point with this cylinder?
[i]Proposed by A. Kuznetsov[/i]
1988 ITAMO, 6
The edge lengths of the base of a tetrahedron are $a,b,c$, and the lateral edge lengths are $x,y,z$. If $d$ is the distance from the top vertex to the centroid of the base, prove that $x+y+z \le a+b+c+3d$.
2007 ITest, 37
Rob is helping to build the set for a school play. For one scene, he needs to build a multi-colored tetrahedron out of cloth and bamboo. He begins by fitting three lengths of bamboo together, such that they meet at the same point, and each pair of bamboo rods meet at a right angle. Three more lengths of bamboo are then cut to connect the other ends of the first three rods. Rob then cuts out four triangular pieces of fabric: a blue piece, a red piece, a green piece, and a yellow piece. These triangular pieces of fabric just fill in the triangular spaces between the bamboo, making up the four faces of the tetrahedron. The areas in square feet of the red, yellow, and green pieces are $60$, $20$, and $15$ respectively. If the blue piece is the largest of the four sides, find the number of square feet in its area.
2015 CCA Math Bonanza, I1
Michael the Mouse finds a block of cheese in the shape of a regular tetrahedron (a pyramid with equilateral triangles for all faces). He cuts some cheese off each corner with a sharp knife. How many faces does the resulting solid have?
[i]2015 CCA Math Bonanza Individual Round #1[/i]
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)?
2023 CCA Math Bonanza, TB2
How many ways are there to color a tetrahedron’s faces, edges, and vertices in red, green, and blue so that no face shares a color with any of its edges, and no edge shares a color with any of its endpoints? (Rotations and reflections are considered distinct.)
[i]Tiebreaker #2[/i]
1948 Kurschak Competition, 2
A convex polyhedron has no diagonals (every pair of vertices are connected by an edge). Prove that it is a tetrahedron.
2013 Tuymaada Olympiad, 7
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]
1991 IMTS, 5
Show that it is impossible to dissect an arbitary tetrahedron into six parts by planes or portions thereof so that each of the parts has a plane of symmetry.
1990 Czech and Slovak Olympiad III A, 3
Let $ABCDEFGH$ be a cube. Consider a plane whose intersection with the tetrahedron $ABDE$ is a triangle with an obtuse angle $\varphi.$ Determine all $\varphi>\pi/2$ for which there is such a plane.
2008 Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament, 9
Consider a circular cone with vertex $ V$, and let $ ABC$ be a triangle inscribed in the base of the cone, such that $ AB$ is a diameter and $ AC \equal{} BC$. Let $ L$ be a point on $ BV$ such that the volume of the cone is 4 times the volume of the tetrahedron $ ABCL$. Find the value of $ BL/LV$.