Ten Balls in a Tetrahedron

7/10solid geometryHomothetySymmetry

Problem

A regular tetrahedron can contain 1010 balls of radius 11. Find the minimum possible edge length of the tetrahedron.

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Solution

Difficulty7/10
Topicssolid geometry, Homothety, Symmetry

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