Regular tetrahedron is cut by a plane such that a new, irregular tetrahedron is formed.
If the area of is , the area of is , and the area of is , find the volume of tetrahedron .
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Let p = ∣ ∣ A P ∣ ∣ , q = ∣ ∣ A Q ∣ ∣ , r = ∣ ∣ A R ∣ ∣ . Using basic trigonometry, we find that the area of Δ A P R is sin ( 3 π ) 2 p r = 4 3 p r . Writing analogous equations for the other two triangles and multiplying them together, we find that ( 4 3 ) 3 ( p q r ) 2 = 1 0 3 ( 1 4 2 − 6 1 ) so p q r = 1 2 0 2 . Finally, scaling the volume formula V = 6 2 a 3 for a regular tetrahedron, we can conclude that V = 6 2 p q r = 2 0 .
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