The angle between two faces of a regular tetrahedron is .
Which angle is the nearest to ?
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Let the required angle be α , and the position vectors of the vertices of the tetrahedron be i ^ − 3 1 j ^ , − i ^ − 3 1 j ^ , 3 2 j ^ , 6 4 k ^ .
Then the unit vectors along the normals to the two adjacent faces are
n ^ 1 = k ^ , n ^ 2 = 1 2 − 3 2 k ^ + 6 8 j ^
Then the required angle is given by
cos α = n ^ 1 . n ^ 2 = 3 × 1 2 2 = 3 1
⟹ α = cos − 1 ( 3 1 ) ≈ 7 0 . 5 2 8 7 7 9 ° .