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Revision as of 17:57, 18 February 2022

Problem

A right square pyramid with volume $54$ has a base with side length $6.$ The five vertices of the pyramid all lie on a sphere with radius $\frac mn$, where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $m+n$.

Solution

Although I can't draw the exact picture of this problem, but it is quite easy to imagine that four vertices of the base of this pyramid is on a circle (Radius $\frac{6}{\sqrt{2}} = 3\sqrt{2}$). Since all five vertices are on the sphere, the distances of the spherical center and the vertices are the same: $l$. Because of the symmetrical property of the pyramid, we can imagine that the line of the apex and the (sphere's) center will intersect the square at the (base's) center.

Since the volume is $54 = \frac{1}{3} \cdot S \cdot h = \frac{1}{3} \cdot 6^2 \cdot h$, where $h=\frac{9}{2}$ is the height of this pyramid, we have: $l^2=(\frac{9}{2}-l)^2+(3\sqrt{2})^2$ according to pythagorean theorem.

Solve this equation will give us $l = \frac{17}{4}$. Therefore, $m+n=\boxed{021}$

~DSAERF-CALMIT (https://binaryphi.site)

Video Solution (Mathematical Dexterity)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJAYW6YNFVU

See Also

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