A space diagonal of a cube is sliced into three segments by two planes, each of which is perpendicular to the diagonal and goes through three of the vertices of the cube. If the lengths of the resulting segments of the diagonal are in the proportion
, report the fraction
.
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The D F portion of both diagonals does coincide, since F must be on line A C and D on line E G .
Since H D = D F = F B , the diagonal is divided in proportions 1 : 1 : 1 and the answer is 1 .
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It is interesting that in 3 dimensions we have a diagonal length ( 3 ) divided into 3 sections each length 3 1 .
In 2 dimensions we have a diagonal length ( 2 ) divided into 2 sections each length 2 1 .
To stretch a point, we could say that in 1 dimension we have a segment length ( 1 ) divided into 1 section length 1 1 .
More interestingly, we could ask about 4 dimensions. The space diagonal is ( 4 ) = 2 long. Is it also divided into four equal sections each 2 1 long?