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Sphere in Tetrahedron (Posted on 2005-04-19) Difficulty: 4 of 5
Create a tetrahedron starting with a square ABCD (clockwise), add 2 points E and F placing them halfway between AB and AD respectively.

Fold along lines EF, EC and FC.

Then, form the tetrahedron by keeping triangle EFC as the base, and folding triangles AEF, BEC, and DFC up so that points A, B, and D all meet.

For AB=a find the radius of the largest sphere contained by this tetrahedron

No Solution Yet Submitted by joe    
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Hint (partial spoiler) | Comment 2 of 7 |
See the "Tetrahedral Dilemma" problem posted to this site on 2004-06-23.
  Posted by Richard on 2005-04-19 20:24:36
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