2014 AMC 10A Problems/Problem 19
Problem
Four cubes with edge lengths ,
,
, and
are stacked as shown. What is the length of the portion of
contained in the cube with edge length
?
Solution
By Pythagorean Theorem in three dimensions, the distance is
.
Let the length of the segment that is inside the cube with side length
be
. By similar triangles,
, giving
.
Solution 2 (3D Coordinate Geometry)
Let's redraw the diagram, however make a 3D coordinate plane, using D as the origin.(
Now we can use the distance formula in 3D, which is and plug it in for the distance of
.
We get the answer as .
Continuing with solution 1, using similar right triangles, we get the answer as
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Video Solution
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