Calculate volume of a uniform tetradecahederon

Geometry Level 5

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.


The answer is 54571.61458.

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Ujjwal Rane
Apr 1, 2015

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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 = 20 R \cos \alpha = 20 and 2 R sin α 2 = 20 2R \sin \frac{\alpha}{2} = 20 equating the two gives a quadratic in sin α 2 \sin \frac{\alpha}{2} solving which gives sin α 2 = 3 1 2 \sin \frac{\alpha}{2} = \frac{\sqrt{3}-1}{2} that is α = 42.94 \alpha = 42.94 and R = 27.321

Area of top hexagon A T = 1039.23 A_T = 1039.23 and area of equatorial hexagon A E = 1939.23 A_E = 1939.23 Height of the two frustra of hexagonal pyramids = R sin α = 18.612 R \sin \alpha = 18.612

Volume of the solid = 2 x volume of each frustrum = 2 h 3 ( A T + A T × A E + A E ) \frac{2h}{3}(A_T+\sqrt{A_T \times A_E}+A_E) = 54572 \boxed{54572}

@Niranjan Khanderia

@Ujjwal Rane : Here is a link for nice general formula: http://www.slideshare.net/hcr1991/mathematical-analysis-of-uniform-polyhedra-with-regular-n-gonal-trapezoidal-faces-by-hcr

mukul avasthi - 4 years, 11 months ago

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Thank you! I briefly browsed it and it looks like a great resource. Will have a closer look later. Appreciate your help!

Ujjwal Rane - 4 years, 11 months ago

no, i hate you

bob the builder - 3 years, 4 months ago

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Ha ha but why you hate him?Is it personal?

D K - 2 years, 10 months ago

No matter of love or hate but you have to comment on the quality of the solution.

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