Two faces meet each other

Geometry Level 3

In tetrahedron A B C D ABCD , edge A B AB has length 3 cm 3 \text{ cm} . The area of face A B C ABC is 15 cm 2 15 \text{ cm}^2 and the area of face A B D ABD is 12 cm 2 12\text{ cm}^2 . These two faces meet each other at a 3 0 30^\circ angle. Find the volume of the tetahedron in cm 3 \text{cm}^3 .


The answer is 20.

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It is obvious that it is an irregular tetrahedron. The volume is given by the formula, V = 1 3 A b a s e h \large\color{#D61F06}V = \dfrac{1}{3}A_{base}h . I will consider A B C \bigtriangleup~ABC as the base of the tetrahedron.

Base from my figure and applying Pythagorean Theorem , we have

A A B D = 1 2 ( 3 ) ( m ) A_{ABD} = \dfrac{1}{2}(3)(m) \implies 12 = 1 2 ( 3 ) ( m ) 12 = \dfrac{1}{2}(3)(m) \implies m = 8 c m \boxed{\color{#69047E}m = 8~cm}

Solving for h h , we have

s i n 30 = h m sin~30 = \dfrac{h}{m} \implies h = 4 c m \boxed{\color{#69047E}h = 4~cm}

Solving for the volume, we have

V = 1 3 A b a s e h = 1 3 ( 15 ) ( 4 ) = \large V = \dfrac{1}{3}A_{base}h = \dfrac{1}{3}(15)(4) = 20 c m 3 \boxed{\color{#69047E}\large 20~cm^3}

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