2023 AIME II Problem 14

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Concepts:cube geometryvolumecoordinate geometrycalculus

Difficulty rating: 3270

14.

A cube-shaped container has vertices A,A, B,B, C,C, and D,D, where AB\overline{AB} and CD\overline{CD} are parallel edges of the cube, and AC\overline{AC} and BD\overline{BD} are diagonals of faces of the cube, as shown. Vertex AA of the cube is set on a horizontal plane P\mathcal{P} so that the plane of the rectangle ABDCABDC is perpendicular to P,\mathcal{P}, vertex BB is 22 meters above P,\mathcal{P}, vertex CC is 88 meters above P,\mathcal{P}, and vertex DD is 1010 meters above P.\mathcal{P}. The cube contains water whose surface is parallel to P\mathcal{P} at a height of 77 meters above P.\mathcal{P}. The volume of water is mn\frac{m}{n} cubic meters, where mm and nn are relatively prime positive integers. Find m+n.m + n.

Solution:

Give the cube coordinates so that AA is the origin, the edges lie along the axes, and the edge length is s:s: then B=(s,0,0),B = (s, 0, 0), C=(0,s,s),C = (0, s, s), D=(s,s,s)D = (s, s, s) satisfy the description (ABCD\overline{AB} \parallel \overline{CD} are edges and AC,\overline{AC}, BD\overline{BD} are face diagonals). Height above P\mathcal{P} is a linear function h(x,y,z)=u1x+u2y+u3zh(x, y, z) = u_1 x + u_2 y + u_3 z for some unit vector u.u. The plane of rectangle ABDCABDC has normal direction (0,1,1),(0, 1, -1), and perpendicularity to P\mathcal{P} means the vertical direction uu lies in that plane, so u2=u3.u_2 = u_3. The heights of BB and CC give su1=2s u_1 = 2 and s(u2+u3)=8,s(u_2 + u_3) = 8, so su2=su3=4,su_2 = su_3 = 4, and u=1|u| = 1 forces s2=22+42+42=36.s^2 = 2^2 + 4^2 + 4^2 = 36. Thus s=6s = 6 and u=13(1,2,2)u = \frac{1}{3}(1, 2, 2) (and indeed h(D)=10h(D) = 10).

The water is the region of [0,6]3[0, 6]^3 where h7,h \le 7, i.e. x+2y+2z21.x + 2y + 2z \le 21. For fixed x=a,x = a, the slice is {(y,z)[0,6]2:y+z21a2},\{(y, z) \in [0,6]^2 : y + z \le \tfrac{21 - a}{2}\}, and since 21a2\frac{21 - a}{2} lies between 66 and 12,12, its area is 3612(1221a2)2=36(3+a)28.36 - \frac{1}{2}\left(12 - \frac{21 - a}{2}\right)^2 = 36 - \frac{(3 + a)^2}{8}.

Integrating, V=06(36(3+a)28)da=216933324=21670224=7474,V = \int_0^6 \left(36 - \frac{(3 + a)^2}{8}\right) da = 216 - \frac{9^3 - 3^3}{24} = 216 - \frac{702}{24} = \frac{747}{4}, so m+n=747+4=751.m + n = 747 + 4 = 751.

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