Found problems: 619
1992 Poland - Second Round, 5
Determine the upper limit of the volume of spheres contained in tetrahedra of all heights not longer than $ 1 $.
1987 ITAMO, 2
A tetrahedron has the property that the three segments connecting the pairs of midpoints of opposite edges are equal and mutually orthogonal. Prove that this tetrahedron is regular.
1986 IMO Longlists, 70
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.
2000 National High School Mathematics League, 11
A sphere is tangent to six edges of a regular tetrahedron. If the length of each edge is $a$, then the volume of the sphere is________.
1981 IMO Shortlist, 2
A sphere $S$ is tangent to the edges $AB,BC,CD,DA$ of a tetrahedron $ABCD$ at the points $E,F,G,H$ respectively. The points $E,F,G,H$ are the vertices of a square. Prove that if the sphere is tangent to the edge $AC$, then it is also tangent to the edge $BD.$
1978 IMO Longlists, 50
A variable tetrahedron $ABCD$ has the following properties:
Its edge lengths can change as well as its vertices, but the opposite edges remain equal $(BC = DA, CA = DB, AB = DC)$; and the vertices $A,B,C$ lie respectively on three fixed spheres with the same center $P$ and radii $3, 4, 12$. What is the maximal length of $PD$?
2005 Sharygin Geometry Olympiad, 20
Let $I$ be the center of the sphere inscribed in the tetrahedron $ABCD, A ', B', C ', D'$ be the centers of the spheres circumscribed around the tetrahedra $IBCD, ICDA, IDAB, IABC$, respectively. Prove that the sphere circumscribed around $ABCD$ lies entirely inside the circumscribed around $A'B'C'D '$.
1994 Tournament Of Towns, (436) 2
Show how to divide space into
(a) congruent tetrahedra,
(b) congruent “equifaced” tetrahedra.
(A tetrahedron is called equifaced if all its faces are congruent triangles.)
(NB Vassiliev)
1968 Polish MO Finals, 3
In a tetrahedron $ ABCD $ the edges $AD$, $ BD $, $ CD $ are equal. $ ABC $ Non-collinear points are chosen in the plane. $ A_1$, $B_1$, $C_1 $ The lines $DA_1$, $DB_1$, $DC_1 $ intersect the surface of the sphere circumscribed about the tetrahedron at points $ A_2$, $B_2$, $C_2 $, different from the point $ D $. Prove that the points $A_1$, $B_1$, $C_1$, $A_2$, $B_2$, $C_2$ lie on the surface of a certain sphere.
2006 Mathematics for Its Sake, 1
[b]a)[/b] Show that there are $ 4 $ equidistant parallel planes that passes through the vertices of the same tetrahedron.
[b]b)[/b] How many such $ \text{4-tuplets} $ of planes does exist, in function of the tetrahedron?
1970 IMO Longlists, 17
In the tetrahedron $ABCD,\angle BDC=90^o$ and the foot of the perpendicular from $D$ to $ABC$ is the intersection of the altitudes of $ABC$. Prove that: \[ (AB+BC+CA)^2\le6(AD^2+BD^2+CD^2). \] When do we have equality?
1980 USAMO, 4
The inscribed sphere of a given tetrahedron touches all four faces of the tetrahedron at their respective centroids. Prove that the tetrahedron is regular.
2006 Iran MO (3rd Round), 1
A regular polyhedron is a polyhedron that is convex and all of its faces are regular polygons. We call a regular polhedron a "[i]Choombam[/i]" iff none of its faces are triangles.
a) prove that each choombam can be inscribed in a sphere.
b) Prove that faces of each choombam are polygons of at most 3 kinds. (i.e. there is a set $\{m,n,q\}$ that each face of a choombam is $n$-gon or $m$-gon or $q$-gon.)
c) Prove that there is only one choombam that its faces are pentagon and hexagon. (Soccer ball)
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d) For $n>3$, a prism that its faces are 2 regular $n$-gons and $n$ squares, is a choombam. Prove that except these choombams there are finitely many choombams.
2005 Tuymaada Olympiad, 4
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]
2015 Bangladesh Mathematical Olympiad, 5
A tetrahedron is a polyhedron composed of four triangular faces. Faces $ABC$ and $BCD$ of a tetrahedron $ABCD$ meet at an angle of $\pi/6$. The area of triangle $\triangle ABC$ is $120$. The area of triangle $\triangle BCD$ is $80$, and $BC = 10$. What is the volume of the tetrahedron? We call the volume of a tetrahedron as one-third the area of it's base times it's height.
1986 IMO Longlists, 8
A tetrahedron $ABCD$ is given such that $AD = BC = a; AC = BD = b; AB\cdot CD = c^2$. Let $f(P) = AP + BP + CP + DP$, where $P$ is an arbitrary point in space. Compute the least value of $f(P).$
2012 Today's Calculation Of Integral, 797
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
I Soros Olympiad 1994-95 (Rus + Ukr), 11.10
Given a tetrahedron $A_1A_2A_3A_4$ (not necessarily regulart). We shall call a point $N$ in space [i]Serve point[/i], if it's six projection points on the six edges of the tetrahedron lie on one plane. This plane we denote it by $a (N)$ and call the [i]Serve plane[/i] of the point $N$. By $B_{ij}$ denote, respectively, the midpoint of the edges $A_1A_j$, $1\le i <j \le 4$. For each point $M$, denote by $M_{ij}$ the points symmetric to $M$ with respect to $B_{ij},$ $1\le i <j \le 4$. Prove that if all points $M_{ij}$ are Serve points, then the point $M$ belongs to all Serve planes $a (M_{ij})$, $1\le i <j \le 4$.
1968 Yugoslav Team Selection Test, Problem 6
Prove that the incenter coincides with the circumcenter of a tetrahedron if and only if each pair of opposite edges are of equal length.
2011 Tokyo Instutute Of Technology Entrance Examination, 2
For a positive real number $t$, in the coordiante space, consider 4 points $O(0,\ 0,\ 0),\ A(t,\ 0,\ 0),\ B(0,\ 1,\ 0),\ C(0,\ 0,\ 1)$.
Let $r$ be the radius of the sphere $P$ which is inscribed to all faces of the tetrahedron $OABC$.
When $t$ moves, find the maximum value of $\frac{\text{vol[P]}}{\text{vol[OABC]}}.$
2003 Polish MO Finals, 5
The sphere inscribed in a tetrahedron $ABCD$ touches face $ABC$ at point $H$. Another sphere touches face $ABC$ at $O$ and the planes containing the other three faces at points exterior to the faces. Prove that if $O$ is the circumcenter of triangle $ABC$, then $H$ is the orthocenter of that triangle.
1986 IMO Longlists, 12
Let $O$ be an interior point of a tetrahedron $A_1A_2A_3A_4$. Let $ S_1, S_2, S_3, S_4$ be spheres with centers $A_1,A_2,A_3,A_4$, respectively, and let $U, V$ be spheres with centers at $O$. Suppose that for $i, j = 1, 2, 3, 4, i \neq j$, the spheres $S_i$ and $S_j$ are tangent to each other at a point $B_{ij}$ lying on $A_iA_j$ . Suppose also that $U $ is tangent to all edges $A_iA_j$ and $V$ is tangent to the spheres $ S_1, S_2, S_3, S_4$. Prove that $A_1A_2A_3A_4$ is a regular tetrahedron.
2005 Romania National Olympiad, 1
We consider a cube with sides of length 1. Prove that a tetrahedron with vertices in the set of the vertices of the cube has the volume $\dfrac 16$ if and only if 3 of the vertices of the tetrahedron are vertices on the same face of the cube.
[i]Dinu Serbanescu[/i]
1986 ITAMO, 5
Given an acute triangle $T$ with sides $a,b,c$, find the tetrahedra with base $T$ whose all faces are acute triangles of the same area.
1957 Kurschak Competition, 1
$ABC$ is an acute-angled triangle. $D$ is a variable point in space such that all faces of the tetrahedron $ABCD$ are acute-angled. $P$ is the foot of the perpendicular from $D$ to the plane $ABC$. Find the locus of $P$ as $D$ varies.