Dihedral Angle in an Octahedron Inscribed in a Sphere

Problem

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As shown in the figure, the octahedron PABCDQPABCDQ is inscribed in a sphere with center OO. The vertices PP and QQ lie on opposite sides of plane ABCDABCD, and both P-ABCDP\text{-}ABCD and Q-ABCDQ\text{-}ABCD are regular square pyramids (each apex lies directly above the center of the square base ABCDABCD). Let θ\theta be the plane angle of the dihedral angle P-AB-QP\text{-}AB\text{-}Q. Find the range of tan⁡θ\tan \theta.

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Difficulty7/10
Topicssolid geometry, Trigonometric Identities

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