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016 Radius of the sphere circumscribing a regular triangular pyramid

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Example 016 Find the area of the surface and the volume of the sphere circumscribed about a regular tetrahedron of edge 25 cm. See Figure 015.

Solution 016 Click here to show or hide the solution Triangles ABC and BCD are equilateral triangles. See the regular tetrahedron for more information. Triangle AGD is isosceles triangle. DE and AF are altitudes of AGD and intersect at O, thus O is the center of the circumscribing sphere. E and F are the centroids of ABC and BCD, respectively. From right triangle BGA

From right triangle AED

From isosceles triangle AGD

From right triangle GEO

 radius of the inscribed sphere, r

radius of the circumscribing sphere, R Area of circumscribing sphere: answer Volume of circumscribing sphere: answer

Another Solution Click here to show or hide the solution From the formula for the altitude of regular tetrahedron:

The center of circumscribing and inscribed spheres is coincident with the centroid of regular tetrahedron. Thus, and

radius of inscribed sphere (okay) radius of circumscribing sphere (okay!)

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