2021 AMC 10A Problems/Problem 13
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Problem
What is the volume of tetrahedron with edge lengths
,
,
,
,
, and
?
Solution 1 (Observations)
Drawing the tetrahedron out and testing side lengths, we realize that the and
are right triangles by the Converse of the Pythagorean Theorem. It is now easy to calculate the volume of the tetrahedron using the formula for the volume of a pyramid. If we take
as the base, then
must be the height.
, so we have an answer of
.
Solution 2 (Bash: Coordinate Geometry)
We will place tetrahedron in the
-plane. By the Converse of the Pythagorean Theorem, we know that
is a right triangle. Without the loss of generality, let
and
Applying the Distance Formula to
and
respectively, we get the following system:
Subtracting
from
gives
from which
Subtracting from
gives
from which
Substituting into
produces
or
Finally, we find the volume of tetrahedron using
as the base:
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