Year: 1998
Paper: 3
Question Number: 6
Course: LFM Pure and Mechanics
Section: Vectors
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\begin{questionparts}
\item
Show that four vertices of a cube, no two of which are adjacent,
form the vertices of a regular tetrahedron.
Hence, or otherwise, find the volume of a regular
tetrahedron whose edges are of unit length.
\item
Find the volume of a regular octahedron whose edges are of unit length.
\item
Show that the centres of the faces of a cube form the vertices
of a regular octahedron. Show that its volume is half that of the
tetrahedron whose vertices are the vertices of the cube.
\end{questionparts}
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[{\em A regular tetrahedron (octahedron)
has four (eight) faces, all equilateral triangles.}]