The diagram above shows a uniform tetradecahedron that has 2 congruent regular hexagonal faces each with side of length a=20 cm & 12 congruent trapezoidal faces each having three equal sides each a=20 cm. All its 18 vertices eventually & exactly lie on a spherical surface with a certain radius. Find out the volume (in cubic cm.) of the solid.
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The solid is shown with all sides a = 20 in green and those on the 'equator' with length (R = circumscribing radius) in white. Take the central plane of symmetry yielding a hexagonal cross section shown.
R cos α = 2 0 and 2 R sin 2 α = 2 0 equating the two gives a quadratic in sin 2 α solving which gives sin 2 α = 2 3 − 1 that is α = 4 2 . 9 4 and R = 27.321
Area of top hexagon A T = 1 0 3 9 . 2 3 and area of equatorial hexagon A E = 1 9 3 9 . 2 3 Height of the two frustra of hexagonal pyramids = R sin α = 1 8 . 6 1 2
Volume of the solid = 2 x volume of each frustrum = 3 2 h ( A T + A T × A E + A E ) = 5 4 5 7 2
@Niranjan Khanderia