In quadrilateral , and are midpoints of and respectively, and is the centroid of quadrilateral obtained by finding the intersection of the bimedians.
In , is twice , and .
Let the height of the pyramid be .
(1): Find the (in degrees) that minimizes the triangular face .
(2) Using the values of and obtained in (1) , find the and the (in degrees).
Express the result as to seven decimal places.
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Using the law of sines ⟹ sin ( β ) sin ( 2 β ) = m − 2 m ⟹ cos ( β ) = 2 ( m − 2 ) m
Using the law of cosines with included ∠ B A C ⟹ m 2 − 4 m + 4 = m 2 − 2 m + 1 + m 2 − m − 2 m 2 ( m − 1 ) ⟹ m 2 − 7 m + 6 = 0 ⟹ ( m − 6 ) ( m − 1 ) = 0 m = 1 ⟹ m = 6 ⟹ A C = 6 a , A B = 5 a and B C = 4 a
cos ( β ) = 4 3 ⟹ B D = 4 5 a 7 a and A D = 4 1 5 a
Using the above quadrilateral with the given coordinates:
m M 1 M 2 = − 1 2 5 7 ⟹ y = − 1 2 5 7 x + 3 2 4 5 7 a
and,
m M 3 M 4 = 1 2 5 7 ⟹ y = 1 2 5 7 x − 3 2 4 5 7 a
Solving the two equations above we obtain: x = 8 2 7 a and y = 0 ⟹ P ( 8 2 7 a , 0 ) which is a midpoint of each congruent bimedian.
For triangular face Q D C :
P M 2 = 8 3 1 9 a and h = P Q ⟹ Q M 2 = 8 6 4 h 2 + 3 1 9 a 2 and D C = 4 a ⟹ A = A Q D C = 2 1 ( D C ) ( Q M 2 ) = 4 a 6 4 h 2 + 3 1 9 a 2
A △ A B C = A △ A D C = 4 1 5 7 a 2 ⟹ A A B C D = 2 1 5 7 a 2 ⟹ the volume of the given pyramid is V = 2 5 7 a 2 a 2 h = k ⟹ h = 5 7 a 2 2 k ⟹ A ( a ) = 2 0 7 a 2 2 5 6 k 2 + 5 5 8 2 5 a 6 ⟹
d a d A = 1 0 7 a 2 2 5 6 k 2 + 5 5 8 2 5 a 6 5 5 8 2 5 a 6 − 1 2 8 k 2 = 0
⟹ a = ( 5 2 2 3 3 8 2 k ) 3 1 ⟹ h = 5 7 2 k ( 8 2 k 5 2 2 3 3 ) 3 2
Let θ = m ∠ Q M 2 P ⟹ tan ( θ ) = 3 1 9 a 8 h
a h = 8 2 3 1 9 ⟹ tan ( θ ) = 2 ⟹ θ ≈ 5 4 . 7 3 5 6 1 0 3 ∘
P D = 8 7 0 9
Let λ = m ∠ Q D P ⟹ tan ( λ ) = 7 0 9 8 a h = 7 0 9 6 3 8 ⟹ λ ≈ 4 3 . 4 8 9 2 7 7 5 ∘
P C = 8 2 1
ω = m ∠ Q P C ⟹ tan ( ω ) = 2 1 8 a h = 2 1 6 3 8 ⟹ ω ≈ 5 0 . 2 5 9 9 3 3 7 ∘
⟹ θ + λ + ω = 1 4 8 . 4 8 4 8 2 1 5 .