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November 2024 - Challenge
This riddle was suggested by Hugo Pfoertner - thanks Hugo!
A tetrahedron is a polyhedron composed of four triangular faces, six straight edges, and four vertices. We can write the lengths of the edges as a list, e.g., [2,2,2,2,2,2].
The volume of a tetrahedron with edge lengths [2,2,2,2,2,2] is an irrational number. However, setting the constant
, we find
.
In the following, we keep c=144; do not pass another value of c as part of your solution.
Your goal: Find a tetrahedron with integer edge lengths different than [2,2,2,2,2,2], which also has a volume satisfying
. Provide your solution as the list of edge lengths.
A bonus "*" will be given for finding a tetrahedron with integer edge lengths satisfying .
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Challenge:
30/10/2024 @ 13:10 PM EST
Solution:
05/12/2024 @ 12:00 AM EST
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15/01/2025 @ 16:10 PM EST
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