2014 AMC 10A Problems/Problem 19
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[hide]Problem
Four cubes with edge lengths , , , and are stacked as shown. What is the length of the portion of contained in the cube with edge length ?
Solution
By Pythagorean Theorem in three dimensions, the distance is .
Let the length of the segment that is inside the cube with side length be . By similar triangles, , giving .
Solution 2 (3D Coordinate Geometry)
Let's redraw the diagram, however make a 3D coordinate plane, using D as the origin.
Now we can use the distance formula in 3D, which is and plug it in for the distance of .
We get the answer as .
Continuing with solution 1, using similar triangles, we get the answer as
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Solution 3
The diagonal of the base of the cube with side length is . Hence by similarity:
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