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Geometry Level 4

Find the given angle @ .

It is in form A(degree) B (minutes). Find A + B.Note- It is the angle between the two given body diagonals.


The answer is 137.

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2 solutions

Shaun Leong
Dec 24, 2015

Image from https://app.geogebra.org/#geometry.

Let the cube have side length x. (I assume it is a cube)

The image above is a cross-section of the plane containing the diagonals.

It is a rectangle with sides x x and 2 x \sqrt{2}x .

By Pythagorean Theorem, the half-diagonal has length 3 2 x \frac {\sqrt{3}}{2}x .

By cosine rule, ( 2 x ) 2 = 2 ( 3 2 x ) 2 ( 1 cos @ ) (\sqrt {2}x)^2 = 2(\frac {\sqrt {3}}{2}x)^2(1-\cos @) 2 x 2 = 3 2 x 2 ( 1 \cos@ ) 2x^2 = \frac {3}{2}x^2(1-\cos@) 4 3 = 1 \cos@ \frac {4}{3} = 1-\cos@ @ = arccos ( 1 3 ) @ = \arccos (-\frac {1}{3})

This is approximately equal to 109 109 degrees and 28 28 minutes. The final answer is A + B = 109 + 28 = 137 A+B = 109+28 = \boxed {137}

Pranjal Prashant
Sep 12, 2015

Joining each alternate vertex forms a tetrahedron.and it's center is the center of cube. as you all know angle between line joining center and vertex is 109 degree 28 minute, answer is 137

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