Tetrahedron with volume 1 is inscribed in circumsphere such that and . Find the radius of .
Solution
Let be the foot of the perpendicular from to . Since , it follows that is the circumcenter of . Denote . By the Pythagorean Theorem on , we have . Now, from the extended law of sines on , we have the well-known identity where denotes the area of . However, we have where is the volume of , which yields the expression Now, given that , we have Solving, we get . Now, let be the center of . Since , it follows that the foot of the perpendicular from to must also be the circumcenter of , which is . Thus, are collinear. Let be the radius of . Then we have Solving, we get . (Note: solving for from gives a negative value for .)
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