An Equal-Volume Point Distance

Problem

In a pyramid P-ABCDP\text{-}ABCD, AB=AD=10AB=AD=\sqrt{10}, CB=CD=5CB=CD=5, BAD=90\angle BAD=90^\circ, PB=4PB=4, PC=3PC=3. A point QQ inside PBC\triangle PBC is such that the pyramid Q-ABCDQ\text{-}ABCD and the tetrahedron Q-PADQ\text{-}PAD have equal volumes. Find the minimum value of PQPQ.

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Solution

Difficulty8/10
TopicsExtrema, solid geometry, Cauchy-Schwarz, vectors

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