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Tetrahedron problem

Source: Kvant Magazine No. 5 2023 M2747 [thanks for the translation, NO_SQUARES]

January 9, 2024
geometry3D geometrytetrahedron

Problem Statement

In the tetrahedron ABCD,ABCD, on the continuation of the edges AB,ACAB, AC and ADAD, three points were marked for point A,A{}, located from AA{} at a distance equal to the semi-perimeter of the triangle BCD.BCD. Similarly, we marked three points corresponding to vertices B,CB, C and D.D. Prove that if there is a sphere touching all the edges of the tetrahedron ABCDABCD, then the marked 12 points lie on the same sphere.
Proposed by V. Alexandrov