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Let be a rectangle and let be a segment perpendicular to the plane of . Suppose that has integer length, and the lengths of and are consecutive odd positive integers (in this order). What is the volume of pyramid
Solution 1
Let and This question is just about Pythagorean theorem from which With these calculation, we find out answer to be .
~Lopkiloinm
Solution 2
Let , , , . It follows that and .
We have three equations: Subbing in the first and third equation into the second equation, we get: Therefore, we have and .
Solving for other values, we get , . The volume is then
~jamess2022 (burntTacos)
Video Solution by Hawk Math
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4iCAZRUESs
Video Solution by OmegaLearn (Pythagorean Theorem and Volume of Pyramid)
See Also
2021 AMC 12B (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
Preceded by Problem 13 |
Followed by Problem 15 |
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