You may find the
Sphere Cube problem to be similar.
Four identical spheres (like the ones shown in blue in the above cube case) are arranged in a pyramid, such that each sphere is tangent to the other three. If the radius of the four spheres is R, what is the radius r of the largest sphere (such as the one shown in red on the cube picture) that could exist inside the pyramid without overlapping the other spheres?
(In reply to
re: Solution by Charlie)
Thank you Charlie.
The trick of mapping the vertices of a regular tetrahedron onto the vertices of a cube with center on the origin and sides parallel to the x, y, and z axes is one that I learned early in my math competition career, and one that has served me well in math and physics classes.