Distance to a centroid
A regular tetrahedron has been constructed as shown below with point P as the centroid of the base.
The centroid of the whole tetrahedron is located at C.
If the distance OC is (simplified) . Determine the value a + b
The answer is 10.
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1 solution
so a + b = 10