An orthogonal tetrahedron is created by cutting off one corner of a cube containing cube vertex . Tetrahedron's base is with orthocenter . Foot of the altitude from vertex is .
. The volume of the tetrahedron is . Find .
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Let E , F denote feet of the altitudes from B , C respectively.
Tetrahedron's net looks like this:
The height of the tetrahedron is the geometric mean of A H and H D . h = A H × H D = 6 .
A H × H D = B H × H E ⇒ H E = 6 .
A D H D B E H E C F H F = 1 ⇒ H F = 6 7 2 1 , C H = 2 2 1 , C F = 2 0 7 2 1
h a = 1 5 , h b = 1 2 , h c = 2 0 7 2 1
To calculate area of △ A B C we can use the formula using altitudes:
H r = ( h a − 1 + h b − 1 + h c − 1 ) / 2
A r e a − 1 = 4 H r ( H r − h a − 1 ) ( H r − h b − 1 ) ( H r − h c − 1 ) ⇒ △ A B C = 3 6 0
V = 3 6 × 3 6 0 = 1 2 0 3 ≈ 2 0 7 . 8 5