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II-B geo questions

 
 
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II-B geo questions
by Kevin Song - Sunday, November 7, 2021, 2:00 PM
 

Hi, I'm having trouble with 9.22, 9.25, and 9.28.

 
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Re: II-B geo questions
by John Lensmire - Friday, November 12, 2021, 10:23 AM
 

I know the hints will be less useful now, but thanks for your patience.

For 9.22, try to consider a similar argument to Example 9.2. That is, look at the diagonal cross section.

For 9.25, remember we can create a regular tetrahedron using face diagonals of a cube. The key here is that, by symmetry, if a regular tetrahedron fits inside the sphere, so does this corresponding cube. Thus, it is enough to start by looking for the largest cube that fits inside the sphere.

For 9.28, I discussed this in an earlier post here with a diagram (this is a little more than just a hint, but hopefully it helps visualize): https://classes.areteem.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=1077