# 1983 AIME Problems/Problem 11

## Problem

The solid shown has a square base of side length $s$. The upper edge is parallel to the base and has length $2s$. All other edges have length $s$. Given that $s=6\sqrt{2}$, what is the volume of the solid?

size(180);
import three; pathpen = black+linewidth(0.65); pointpen = black;
currentprojection = perspective(30,-20,10);
real s = 6 * 2^.5;
triple A=(0,0,0),B=(s,0,0),C=(s,s,0),D=(0,s,0),E=(-s/2,s/2,6),F=(3*s/2,s/2,6);
D(A--B--C--D--A--E--D); D(B--F--C); D(E--F);
MP("A",A);MP("B",B);MP("C",C);MP("D",D);MP("E",E,N);MP("F",F,N);
(Error compiling LaTeX. D(A--B--C--D--A--E--D); D(B--F--C); D(E--F);
^
0707a68f45e6aa7b35cf97f6d26e107a5d73de40.asy: 8.2: no matching function 'D(void(flatguide3))')

## Solution

First, we find the height of the figure by drawing a perpendicular from the midpoint of $AD$ to $EF$. The hypotenuse of the triangle is the median of equilateral triangle $ADE$ one of the legs is $3\sqrt{2}$. We apply the Pythagorean Theorem to find that the height is equal to $6$.

size(180);
import three; pathpen = black+linewidth(0.65); pointpen = black; pen d = linewidth(0.65); pen l = linewidth(0.5);
currentprojection = perspective(30,-20,10);
real s = 6 * 2^.5;
triple A=(0,0,0),B=(s,0,0),C=(s,s,0),D=(0,s,0),E=(-s/2,s/2,6),F=(3*s/2,s/2,6);
triple Aa=(E.x,0,0),Ba=(F.x,0,0),Ca=(F.x,s,0),Da=(E.x,s,0);
D(A--B--C--D--A--E--D); D(B--F--C); D(E--F);
D(B--Ba--Ca--C,dashed+d);D(A--Aa--Da--D,dashed+d);D(E--(E.x,E.y,0),dashed+l);D(F--(F.x,F.y,0),dashed+l);
D(Aa--E--Da,dashed+d); D(Ba--F--Ca,dashed+d);
MP("A",A);MP("B",B);MP("C",C);MP("D",D);MP("E",E,N);MP("F",F,N);MP("12\sqrt{2}",(E+F)/2,N);MP("6\sqrt{2}",(A+B)/2);MP("6",(3*s/2,s/2,3),ENE);
(Error compiling LaTeX. D(A--B--C--D--A--E--D); D(B--F--C); D(E--F);
^
4236047701a23aee0aec75276861479a62d4d1f1.asy: 9.2: no matching function 'D(void(flatguide3))')

Next, we complete the figure into a triangular prism, and find the area, which is $\frac{6\sqrt{2}\cdot 12\sqrt{2}\cdot 6}{2}=432$.

Now, we subtract off the two extra pyramids that we included, whose combined area is $2\cdot \left( \frac{12\sqrt{2}\cdot 3\sqrt{2} \cdot 6}{3} \right)=144$.

Thus, our answer is $432-144=\boxed{288}$.