Part of V3D-03 — Vectors: Advanced (Triple Product, Coplanarity)

Tetrahedron Properties via Vectors

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Volume of tetrahedron ABCD = 16\frac{1}{6}|[AB AC AD]|.

Centroid of tetrahedron = A+B+C+D4\frac{A+B+C+D}{4} (average of all four vertices).

Opposite edges of a tetrahedron: (AB, CD), (AC, BD), (AD, BC). In a general tetrahedron, opposite edges need not be equal or perpendicular. An isosceles tetrahedron has all opposite edges equal.

For a regular tetrahedron with edge a: Volume = a^36sqrt(2\frac{3}{6*sqrt(2}). Height = a*sqrt23\frac{2}{3}. The centroid divides each median in ratio 3:1.

The four faces of a tetrahedron are triangles. The sum of the vector areas of the four faces (with outward normals) is zero: this is the vector analog of a closed surface having zero net flux in the absence of sources.

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