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Pyramid with base on cylic pentagon
Source:
1/11/2011
A pentagon
A
B
C
D
E
ABCDE
A
BC
D
E
inscribed in a circle for which
B
C
<
C
D
BC<CD
BC
<
C
D
and
A
B
<
D
E
AB<DE
A
B
<
D
E
is the base of a pyramid with vertex
S
S
S
. If
A
S
AS
A
S
is the longest edge starting from
S
S
S
, prove that
B
S
>
C
S
BS>CS
BS
>
CS
.
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3D geometry
pyramid
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