A Pyramid Inscribed in a Cylinder
Problem
As shown in the figure, is a quadrilateral inscribed in the base circle of a cylinder, is a diameter of that base circle, is a generatrix of the cylinder (so lies on the top rim, directly above ), and is the point of intersection of and . Moreover and .
1. Let be the volume of the cylinder and the volume of the pyramid . Find . 2. Suppose the point lies on the segment with , and . Find the cosine of the dihedral angle .
Answer
Solution
| Difficulty | 7/10 |
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| Topics | solid geometry, Triangle Geometry, Symmetry |
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