Problem:
The point on the edge of the cube is such that the angle between the line and the plane is equal to . Find , where is the angle between the planes and .
Problem:
The point on the edge of the cube is such that the angle between the line and the plane is equal to . Find , where is the angle between the planes and .
Solution:
We may assume that the edges of the cube have length . Denote and set . Since it follows that . Now using the identity , we get .
Denote by the volume of the tetrahedron . Then
On the other hand, the altitude of through is equal to . Since and , we have . Therefore
This and (1) imply that
and we obtain easily that .
Denote by the foot of the perpendicular from to . Then and which shows that . Hence . We get from that and therefore .