A Prism Cut by a Plane

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Problem

A regular quadrilateral prism ABCD-A1B1C1D1ABCD\text{-}A_1B_1C_1D_1 has base ABCDABCD a square of side length 33 and AA1=6AA_1=6. Points E,F,GE,F,G lie on the segments A1D1A_1D_1, AA1AA_1, B1C1B_1C_1 respectively, with A1F=2A1E=2A_1F=2A_1E=2 and C1G=32C_1G=\dfrac 32; a point HH on the segment BB1BB_1 satisfies EF∥GHEF\parallel GH.

1. Find the cosine of the acute dihedral angle A1-FH-EA_1\text{-}FH\text{-}E. 2. Find the ratio of the volumes of the two polyhedra into which the plane EFHGEFHG divides the prism.

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Difficulty7/10
Topicssolid geometry, Homothety, vectors

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