Polyhedra

  • Tet-Trouble
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    Tet-trouble

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    14 to 16
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    Is it possible to have a tetrahedron whose six edges have lengths 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60 units?

  • Tetra Inequalities
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    Tetra inequalities

    Age
    16 to 18
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    Can you prove that in every tetrahedron there is a vertex where the three edges meeting at that vertex have lengths which could be the sides of a triangle?

  • More Dicey Decisions
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    More dicey decisions

    Age
    16 to 18
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    The twelve edge totals of a standard six-sided die are distributed symmetrically. Will the same symmetry emerge with a dodecahedral die?
  • Tetra Perp
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    Tetra perp

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    16 to 18
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    Show that the edges $AD$ and $BC$ of a tetrahedron $ABCD$ are mutually perpendicular if and only if $AB^2 +CD^2 = AC^2+BD^2$. This problem uses the scalar product of two vectors.

  • Pythagoras for a Tetrahedron
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    Pythagoras for a tetrahedron

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    16 to 18
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    In a right-angled tetrahedron prove that the sum of the squares of the areas of the 3 faces in mutually perpendicular planes equals the square of the area of the sloping face. A generalisation of Pythagoras' Theorem.