Point is the center of equilateral with with vertices as shown above.. The point with coordinates lies inside and the height of the tetrahedron above is .
Find (in degrees) that minimizes the triangular face when the volume is held constant.
Express the result to seven decimal places.
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u = − a i + a j + h k and v = − 2 a i + 3 2 a j + 0 k
u X v = 3 2 a ( − h i − 3 h j + ( 3 − 1 ) a k )
∣ u ∣ = 2 a 2 + h 2 and ∣ u X v ∣ = 3 2 a 4 h 2 + ( 4 − 2 3 ) a 2 ⟹ d = 3 2 a 2 + h 2 2 a 4 h 2 + ( 4 − 2 3 ) a 2 ⟹ The area A = A △ Q B O = 3 2 a 4 h 2 + ( 4 − 2 3 ) a 2 .
The volume V = 3 4 a 2 h = k ⟹ h = 4 a 2 3 k ⟹ A ( a ) = 3 4 a 3 k 2 + 4 ( 4 − 2 3 ) a 6 ⟹ d a d A = 3 a 2 3 k 2 + 4 ( 4 − 2 3 ) a 6 4 ( 8 ( 4 − 3 ) a 6 − 3 k 2 = 0
a = 0 ⟹ a = ( 1 6 ( 2 − 3 ) 3 k 2 ) 6 1 ⟹ h = ( 4 3 ( 2 − 3 ) k ) 3 1 .
∣ u ∣ = ( 4 2 − 3 3 k ) 3 1 4 − 3 , ∣ v ∣ = 3 4 a = ( 3 2 − 3 1 6 k ) 3 1 and ∣ u X v ∣ = 1 6 3 ( 2 − 3 ) ) 3 1 2 1 2 − 6 3 ∗ k 3 2
⟹ sin ( θ ) = ∣ u ∣ ∣ v ∣ ∣ u X v ∣ = 2 4 − 3 1 2 − 6 3 ⟹ θ ≈ 2 4 . 8 9 6 0 9 0 6 ∘