Target Mathematics

1.85: 3D angles in a pyramid

4PM1/1/June/2018 — Question 11 · 14 marks

1.85 diagram 1
Figure 3 shows the right pyramid ABCDEABCDE. The base of the pyramid, ABCDABCD, is a rectangle with CD=16x cmCD=16x\text{ cm} and AD=12x cmAD=12x\text{ cm}. The diagonals of the base intersect at the point XX. The edges EA,EB,ECEA,EB,EC and EDED are all of equal length. The size of the angle between EAEA and the base ABCDABCD is 4545^\circ.
Find, in terms of xx,
(a) the height, EXEX, of the pyramid, (3)
(b) the length of EAEA. (2)
Find, in degrees to the nearest 0.10.1^\circ, the size of
(c) the acute angle between the planes AEBAEB and ABCDABCD, (3)
(d) the acute angle between the planes BEDBED and AECAEC. (3)
The area of triangle AEDAED is 250 cm2250\text{ cm}^2.
(e) Find, to 4 significant figures, the value of xx. (3)