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1992 AIME Problems/Problem 7

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Problem

Faces and of tetrahedron meet at an angle of . The area of face is , the area of face is , and . Find the volume of the tetrahedron.

Solution

Since the area BCD=80=\frac{1}{2}\cdot10\cdot16, the perpendicular from D to BC has length 16.

The perpendicular from D to ABC is . Therefore, the volume is .

See also

1992 AIME (ProblemsResources)
Preceded by
Problem 6
Followed by
Problem 8
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