In the oblique hexagonal pyramid above the base is a regular hexagon with side length and the height is .
Find the value of and that minimizes the congruent faces and when the volume is held constant.
Compute the measure of the angle(in degrees) between the two triangular faces and .
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Let r be the length of a side of the hexagon and h = G A be the height of the hexagonal pyramid.
C : ( 2 r , 2 3 , 0 ) , B : ( − 2 r , 2 3 , 0 ) and G ( r , 0 , h ) .
u = − r i + 0 j + 0 k and v = 2 r i − 2 3 j + h k ⟹ u X v = 0 i + r h j + 2 3 r 2 k ⟹
d = 2 4 h 2 + 3 r 2 ⟹ A △ G C B = A △ G E F = 4 1 4 h 2 + 3 r 2 r
Let A = 4 1 4 h 2 + 3 r 2 r
The volume V = 4 3 1 r 2 h = k ⟹ h = r 2 4 3 ⟹ A ( r ) = 4 1 r 1 9 2 k 2 + 3 r 6 ⟹ d r d A = 2 r 2 1 9 2 k 2 + 3 r 6 3 ( r 6 − 3 2 k 2 ) = 0 ⟹ r = ( 4 2 k ) 3 1 ⟹ h = 4 3 k ( 4 2 k 1 ) 3 2
E D = − 2 r i + 2 3 r j + 0 k
E F = r i + 0 j + 0 k
E G = 2 3 r i + 2 3 j + h k
⟹ p = E G X E D = − 2 3 r h i − 2 1 r h j + 3 r 2 k
and
q = E G X E F = 0 i + r h j − 2 3 r 2 k
p ⋅ q = − 2 1 r 2 ( h 2 + 3 r 2 ) < 0 ⟹
cos ( θ ) = − ∣ p ∣ ∣ q ∣ ∣ p ⋅ q ∣ = − 4 h 2 + 3 r 2 h 2 + 3 r 2 = − 2 1 ⟹ θ = 1 3 5 ∘ .