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Dodecagon Based Pyramid (Posted on 2023-07-06) Difficulty: 3 of 5
Let PA1A2...A12 be the regular pyramid, A1A2...A12 is regular polygon, S is area of the triangle PA1A5 and angle between of the planes A1A2...A12 and PA1A5 is equal to α.

Find the volume of the pyramid.

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Some Thoughts re: Almost solution | Comment 2 of 4 |
(In reply to Almost solution by Jer)

I'm getting stuck in the same spot.  But while working on this problem, I imagined an easier version where we are working with a hexagonal base - taking just points A1,A3,A5,A7,A9,A11 to form the base.  

Then OA1A5 is exactly 1/6 of the hexagon, seen by drawing OA1, OA5, OA9, A1A5, A5,A9, and A1A9 partitioning the hexagon into six congruent triangles.  And then some simple math on the 30-30-120 triangle OA1A5 gets everything, including length A1A5 to work out.

But I can't easily extend that to the dodecagon.  In addition to the six triangles I drew for the hexagon, there's also six more 15-15-150 triangles like A1A2A3 that make the ratio of areas more difficult than the simple 1/6 in the hexagon version.

  Posted by Brian Smith on 2023-07-06 13:50:21
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