square units. Find its altitude. If your answer is in the form , where and are all prime numbers, give your answer as .
A regular tetrahedron has a surface area of
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The surface area of a regular tetrahedron is
A = s 2 3
1 0 0 3 = s 2 3 ⟹ s = 1 0 ⟹ 2 s = 5
c o s 3 0 = x 5 but c o s 3 0 = 2 3
So,
2 3 = x 5 ⟹ x = 3 1 0
By Pythagorean Theorem,
h 2 = s 2 − x 2 ⟹ h 2 = 1 0 0 − 3 1 0 0 ⟹ h = 3 5 ( 2 ) 2
∴ A + B + C = 5 + 2 + 3 = 1 0