A One-Two-Three Tetrahedron

Problem

A tetrahedron P-ABCP\text{-}ABC is inscribed in a sphere OO, with PA:PB:PC=1:2:3PA : PB : PC = 1 : 2 : 3. When the lateral surface area of the tetrahedron (the total area of the three faces meeting at PP) is largest, the volume of the sphere OO is 56143π\dfrac{56\sqrt{14}}{3}\pi. Under these conditions, find the area of triangle ABCABC.

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Difficulty7/10
TopicsExtrema, Law of Cosines, solid geometry, Triangle Geometry

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