Claims About a Perpendicular Pyramid

8/10ExtremaLaw of Cosinessolid geometry

Problem

In a tetrahedron P-ABCP\text{-}ABC, PB=PCPB=PC, AB=AC=2AB=AC=\sqrt 2, ABACAB\perp AC, and the plane PBCPBC is perpendicular to the plane ABCABC. Let VV be the volume of P-ABCP\text{-}ABC and rr the radius of its inscribed sphere. Determine, with proof, which of the following claims are true.

1. The dihedral angle B-PA-CB\text{-}PA\text{-}C is greater than π2\dfrac{\pi}2. 2. The dihedral angle A-PB-CA\text{-}PB\text{-}C is less than π4\dfrac{\pi}4. 3. r<21r<\sqrt 2-1. 4. 2r1V6+2\dfrac 2r-\dfrac 1V\geqslant\sqrt 6+2.

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Difficulty8/10
TopicsExtrema, Law of Cosines, solid geometry

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