What is the radius of the smallest sphere in which 4 spheres of radius 1 will fit?
Solution
The centers of the smaller spheres lie on a tetrahedron. Let the points of the tetrahedron be , and . These points have distance from the center, and from each other, so the radius of the smallest sphere in which 4 spheres of radius will fit is . Scale this to the correct answer by dividing by .
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