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What is the volume of the region in three-dimensional space defined by the inequalities <math>|x|+|y|+|z|\le1</math> and <math>|x|+|y|+|z-1|\le1</math> | What is the volume of the region in three-dimensional space defined by the inequalities <math>|x|+|y|+|z|\le1</math> and <math>|x|+|y|+|z-1|\le1</math> | ||
<math>\textbf{(A)}\ \frac{1}{6}\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ \frac{1}{4}\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ \frac{1}{3}\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ \frac{1}{2}\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 1</math> | <math>\textbf{(A)}\ \frac{1}{6}\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ \frac{1}{4}\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ \frac{1}{3}\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ \frac{1}{2}\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 1</math> | ||
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=Solution 1 (Non Calculus)= | =Solution 1 (Non Calculus)= | ||
The first inequality refers to the interior of a regular octahedron with top and bottom vertices <math>(0,0,1),\ (0,0,-1)</math>. Its volume is <math>8\cdot\tfrac16=\tfrac43</math>. The second inequality describes an identical shape, shifted <math>+1</math> upwards along the <math>Z</math> axis. The intersection will be a similar octahedron, linearly scaled down by half. Thus the volume of the intersection is one-eighth of the volume of the first octahedron, giving an answer of <math>\textbf{(A) }\tfrac16</math>. | The first inequality refers to the interior of a regular octahedron with top and bottom vertices <math>(0,0,1),\ (0,0,-1)</math>. Its volume is <math>8\cdot\tfrac16=\tfrac43</math>. The second inequality describes an identical shape, shifted <math>+1</math> upwards along the <math>Z</math> axis. The intersection will be a similar octahedron, linearly scaled down by half. Thus the volume of the intersection is one-eighth of the volume of the first octahedron, giving an answer of <math>\textbf{(A) }\tfrac16</math>. |
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Problem
What is the volume of the region in three-dimensional space defined by the inequalities and
Solution 1 (Non Calculus)
The first inequality refers to the interior of a regular octahedron with top and bottom vertices . Its volume is
. The second inequality describes an identical shape, shifted
upwards along the
axis. The intersection will be a similar octahedron, linearly scaled down by half. Thus the volume of the intersection is one-eighth of the volume of the first octahedron, giving an answer of
.
Solution 2 (Calculus)
Let , then we can transform the two inequalities to
and
. Then it's clear that
, consider
,
, then since the area of
is
, the volume is
. By symmetry, the case when
is the same. Thus the answer is
.
See Also
2016 AMC 12B (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
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Followed by Problem 24 |
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