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MathNet 2011 Question 69

Math Olympiad Vault · MathNet 2011

Question 69

A regular tetrahedron of height $h$ has a tetrahedron of height $xh$ cut off by a plane parallel to the base. When the remaining frustrum is placed on one of its slant faces on a horizontal plane, it is just on the point of falling over, that is the projection of the center of gravity $G$ of the frustrum is a point of the minor base of this slant face. Show that $x$ is a root of the equation:
$$
x^3 + x^2 + x = 2.
$$

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