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[hide]Problem
A given tetrahedron is isosceles, that is, . Show that the faces of the tetrahedron are acute-angled triangles.
Solution
Solution 1
Suppose is fixed. By the equality conditions, it follows that the maximal possible value of occurs when the four vertices are coplanar, with on the opposite side of as . In this case, the tetrahedron is not actually a tetrahedron, so this maximum isn't actually attainable.
For the sake of contradiction, suppose is non-acute. Then, . In our optimal case noted above, is a parallelogram, so However, as stated, equality cannot be attained, so we get our desired contradiction.
See also
1972 USAMO (Problems • Resources) | ||
Preceded by Problem 1 |
Followed by Problem 3 | |
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All USAMO Problems and Solutions |