A Dihedral Over a Frustum

★ 8/10Extremasolid geometrySymmetry

Problem

In a regular triangular frustum ABC-A1B1C1ABC\text{-}A_1B_1C_1, AB=2A1B1=23AB = 2A_1B_1 = 2\sqrt{3} and AA1=2AA_1 = 2. Let DD be the midpoint of edge ABAB, and let ll be a moving line in the plane A1B1C1A_1B_1C_1. If θ\theta denotes the dihedral angle C-l-DC\text{-}l\text{-}D, find the minimum value of cos⁡θ\cos\theta.

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Difficulty8/10
TopicsExtrema, solid geometry, Symmetry

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