An Angle Between a Line and a Plane After Projection
Problem
As shown in the figure, the equilateral triangle has side length . Its vertex lies in a plane , while the vertices and lie on the same side of . Let and be the orthogonal projections of and onto , and suppose . Let denote the angle between line and plane .
If triangle is a right triangle with its right angle at , find the range of .
Answer
Solution
| Difficulty | 8/10 |
|---|---|
| Topics | trigonometry, Extrema, Parametrization, solid geometry |
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