Faces and of tetrahedron meet at an angle of . The area of face is , the area of face is , and . Find the volume of the tetrahedron.
Solutions — 2
Solution 1
Since the area , the perpendicular from to has length .
The perpendicular from to is . Therefore, the volume is .
Solution 2
1. Identify the given information:
- The angle between faces and is .
- The area of face is .
- The area of face is .
- The length of edge is .
2. **Calculate the height of triangle relative to side :**
- The area of triangle is given by:
- Plugging in the known values:
- Solving for :
3. **Determine the altitude of the tetrahedron to face :**
- The height of the tetrahedron from vertex perpendicular to face can be found using the sine of the angle between the faces and .
- Given that :
4. Calculate the volume of the tetrahedron:
- The volume of a tetrahedron is given by:
- Here, the base area is the area of face , which is , and the height is , which is :
The final answer is