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2008 Sharygin Geometry Olympiad, 5

(N.Avilov) Can the surface of a regular tetrahedron be glued over with equal regular hexagons?

2021 AMC 10 Spring, 13

What is the volume of tetrahedron $ABCD$ with edge lengths $AB=2, AC=3, AD=4, BC=\sqrt{13}, BD=2\sqrt{5},$ and $CD=5$? $\textbf{(A) }3 \qquad \textbf{(B) }2\sqrt{3} \qquad \textbf{(C) }4 \qquad \textbf{(D) }3\sqrt{3} \qquad \textbf{(E) }6$

1985 IMO Longlists, 87

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 $T.$

1991 Vietnam Team Selection Test, 1

Let $T$ be an arbitrary tetrahedron satisfying the following conditions: [b]I.[/b] Each its side has length not greater than 1, [b]II.[/b] Each of its faces is a right triangle. Let $s(T) = S^2_{ABC} + S^2_{BCD} + S^2_{CDA} + S^2_{DAB}$. Find the maximal possible value of $s(T)$.

2003 Croatia National Olympiad, Problem 3

In a tetrahedron $ABCD$, all angles at vertex $D$ are equal to $\alpha$ and all dihedral angles between faces having $D$ as a vertex are equal to $\phi$. Prove that there exists a unique $\alpha$ for which $\phi=2\alpha$.

2016 BMT Spring, 19

Regular tetrahedron $P_1P_2P_3P_4$ has side length $1$. Define $P_i$ for $i > 4$ to be the centroid of tetrahedron $P_{i-1}P_{i-2}P_{i-3}P_{i-4}$, and $P_{ \infty} = \lim_{n\to \infty} P_n$. What is the length of $P_5P_{ \infty}$?

1986 IMO Longlists, 17

We call a tetrahedron right-faced if each of its faces is a right-angled triangle. [i](a)[/i] Prove that every orthogonal parallelepiped can be partitioned into six right-faced tetrahedra. [i](b)[/i] Prove that a tetrahedron with vertices $A_1,A_2,A_3,A_4$ is right-faced if and only if there exist four distinct real numbers $c_1, c_2, c_3$, and $c_4$ such that the edges $A_jA_k$ have lengths $A_jA_k=\sqrt{|c_j-c_k|}$ for $1\leq j < k \leq 4.$

1981 Bulgaria National Olympiad, Problem 6

Planes $\alpha,\beta,\gamma,\delta$ are tangent to the circumsphere of a tetrahedron $ABCD$ at points $A,B,C,D$, respectively. Line $p$ is the intersection of $\alpha$ and $\beta$, and line $q$ is the intersection of $\gamma$ and $\delta$. Prove that if lines $p$ and $CD$ meet, then lines $q$ and $AB$ lie on a plane.

1967 IMO Shortlist, 1

Prove that a tetrahedron with just one edge length greater than $1$ has volume at most $ \frac{1}{8}.$

1993 Vietnam National Olympiad, 1

The tetrahedron $ABCD$ has its vertices on the fixed sphere $S$. Prove that $AB^{2}+AC^{2}+AD^{2}-BC^{2}-BD^{2}-CD^{2}$ is minimum iff $AB\perp AC,AC\perp AD,AD\perp AB$.

2009 Spain Mathematical Olympiad, 3

Some edges are painted in red. We say that a coloring of this kind is [i]good[/i], if for each vertex of the polyhedron, there exists an edge which concurs in that vertex and is not painted red. Moreover, we say that a coloring where some of the edges of a regular polyhedron is [i]completely good[/i], if in addition to being [i]good[/i], no face of the polyhedron has all its edges painted red. What regular polyhedrons is equal the maximum number of edges that can be painted in a [i]good[/i] color and a [i]completely good[/i]? Explain your answer.

2015 AMC 10, 21

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? $\textbf{(A) }3\sqrt2\qquad\textbf{(B) }2\sqrt5\qquad\textbf{(C) }\dfrac{24}5\qquad\textbf{(D) }3\sqrt3\qquad\textbf{(E) }\dfrac{24}5\sqrt2$

2010 All-Russian Olympiad Regional Round, 11.6

At the base of the quadrangular pyramid $SABCD$ lies the parallelogram $ABCD$. Prove that for any point $O$ inside the pyramid, the sum of the volumes of the tetrahedra $OSAB$ and $OSCD$ is equal to the sum of the volumes of the tetrahedra $OSBC$ and $OSDA$ .

2004 Italy TST, 1

At the vertices $A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H$ of a cube, $2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2007$ and $2006$ stones respectively are placed. It is allowed to move a stone from a vertex to each of its three neighbours, or to move a stone to a vertex from each of its three neighbours. Which of the following arrangements of stones at $A, B, \ldots , H$ can be obtained? $(\text{a})\quad 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2005;$ $(\text{b})\quad 2002, 2003, 2004, 2001, 2006, 2005, 2008, 2007;$ $(\text{c})\quad 2004, 2002, 2003, 2001, 2005, 2008, 2007, 2006.$

2006 Sharygin Geometry Olympiad, 25

In the tetrahedron $ABCD$ , the dihedral angles at the $BC, CD$, and $DA$ edges are equal to $\alpha$, and for the remaining edges equal to $\beta$. Find the ratio $AB / CD$.

1992 Romania Team Selection Test, 10

In a tetrahedron $VABC$, let $I$ be the incenter and $A',B',C'$ be arbitrary points on the edges $AV,BV,CV$, and let $S_a,S_b,S_c,S_v$ be the areas of triangles $VBC,VAC,VAB,ABC$, respectively. Show that points $A',B',C',I$ are coplanar if and only if $\frac{AA'}{A'V}S_a +\frac{BB'}{B'V}S_b +\frac{CC'}{C'V}S_c = S_v$

2003 All-Russian Olympiad Regional Round, 11.7

Given a tetrahedron $ABCD.$ The sphere $\omega$ inscribed in it touches the face $ABC$ at point $T$. Sphere $\omega' $ touches face $ABC$ at point $T'$ and extensions of faces $ABD$, $BCD$, $CAD$. Prove that the lines $AT$ and $AT'$ are symmetric wrt bisector of angle $\angle BAC$

2010 All-Russian Olympiad, 2

Could the four centers of the circles inscribed into the faces of a tetrahedron be coplanar? (vertexes of tetrahedron not coplanar)

2014 Bulgaria National Olympiad, 3

A real number $f(X)\neq 0$ is assigned to each point $X$ in the space. It is known that for any tetrahedron $ABCD$ with $O$ the center of the inscribed sphere, we have : \[ f(O)=f(A)f(B)f(C)f(D). \] Prove that $f(X)=1$ for all points $X$. [i]Proposed by Aleksandar Ivanov[/i]

1985 AIME Problems, 15

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]

2020 Adygea Teachers' Geometry Olympiad, 3

Is it true that of the four heights of an arbitrary tetrahedron, three can be selected from which a triangle can be made?

2011 Today's Calculation Of Integral, 759

Given a regular tetrahedron $PQRS$ with side length $d$. Find the volume of the solid generated by a rotation around the line passing through $P$ and the midpoint $M$ of $QR$.

Estonia Open Senior - geometry, 1995.1.3

We call a tetrahedron a "trirectangular " if it has a vertex (we call this is called a "right-angled" vertex) in which the planes of the three sides of the tetrahedron intersect at right angles. Prove the "three-dimensional Pythagorean theorem": The square of the area of the opposite face of the "right-angled" vertex of the ""trirectangular " tetrahedron is equal to the sum of the squares of the areas of three other sides of the tetrahedron .

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]

1986 IMO Longlists, 11

Prove that the sum of the face angles at each vertex of a tetrahedron is a straight angle if and only if the faces are congruent triangles.