A Sliding Tetrahedron

8/10Extremasolid geometryCircles

Problem

A line mm is perpendicular to a plane α\alpha, with foot OO. A regular tetrahedron ABCDABCD has edge length 44; the vertex CC moves in the plane α\alpha while the vertex BB moves along the line mm. Find the range of the distance from OO to the line ADAD.

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Difficulty8/10
TopicsExtrema, solid geometry, Circles

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