A Prism Cut by a Plane
Problem
A regular quadrilateral prism has base a square of side length and . Points lie on the segments , , respectively, with and ; a point on the segment satisfies .
1. Find the cosine of the acute dihedral angle . 2. Find the ratio of the volumes of the two polyhedra into which the plane divides the prism.
Answer
Solution
| Difficulty | 7/10 |
|---|---|
| Topics | solid geometry, Homothety, vectors |
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