Let and .
is an equilateral triangle with a side length of . The point with coordinates lies inside and the height of the tetrahedron is .
Let and
(1): Find the value of and (in degrees) that minimizes the the triangular face when the volume is held constant.
(2): Using the values of and in (1) find the value of (in degrees).
Express the result as to five decimal places..
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For triangular face Q A C :
A = A Q A C = 2 a Q T = 2 a h 2 + a 2 r 2
V = 4 3 1 a 2 h 2 = k ⟹ A ( a ) = 2 1 a 4 8 k 2 + a 6 r 2 ⟹ d a d A = 2 1 a 2 4 8 k 2 + a 2 r 2 2 r 2 a 6 − 4 8 k 2
a = 0 ⟹ a = ( r 2 4 k ) 3 1 ⟹ h = 2 3 ( 3 k r 2 ) 3 1
⟹ tan ( θ ) = a r h = 2 ⟹ θ ≈ 5 4 . 7 3 5 6 1 ∘
and
tan ( λ ) = a r a 2 r 2 + h 2 = a 3 r 4 8 k 2 + a 6 r 2 = 3 ⟹ λ = 6 0 ∘
For triangular face Q A B :
u = a r i + a r j + h k
v = 2 a i + 2 3 a j + 0 k
u X v = − 2 3 a h i + 2 a h j + 2 3 − 1 a 2 r k
⟹ ∣ u X v ∣ = 2 a 4 h 2 + ( 4 − 2 3 ) r 2 a 2 , ∣ u ∣ = 2 r 2 a 2 + h 2 and ∣ v ∣ = a
⟹ sin ( γ ) = 2 2 r 2 a 2 + h 2 4 h 2 + ( 4 − 2 3 ) r 2 a 2 = 8 6 − 3 ⟹ γ ≈ 4 6 . 9 2 0 4 8 ∘
⟹ θ + λ + γ = 1 6 1 . 6 5 6 0 9 ∘ .