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A regular hexagon

Source: Romanian District Olympiad 2014, Grade 8, P3

June 15, 2014
geometrycircumcircle3D geometryspheretrigonometrygeometry proposed

Problem Statement

Let ABCDEFABCDEF be a regular hexagon with side length aa. At point AA, the perpendicular ASAS, with length 2a32a\sqrt{3}, is erected on the hexagon's plane. The points M,N,P,Q,M, N, P, Q, and RR are the projections of point AA on the lines SB,SC,SD,SE,SB, SC, SD, SE, and SFSF, respectively. [*]Prove that the points M,N,P,Q,RM, N, P, Q, R lie on the same plane. [*]Find the measure of the angle between the planes (MNP)(MNP) and (ABC)(ABC).