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Angle between lines with direction angles « ¼ ¬ ¼ ­ ¼ and « ½ ¬ ½ ­ ½ :<br />

Ó× ½´Ó× « ¼ Ó× « ½ · Ó× ¬ ¼ Ó× ¬ ½ ·Ó×­ ¼ Ó× ­ ½ µ (4.13.10)<br />

4.13.3 CONCURRENCE, COPLANARITY, PARALLELISM<br />

Two lines, each specified by point and direction, are coplanar if, and only if, the<br />

determinant in the numerator of Equation (4.13.8) is zero. In this case they are<br />

concurrent (if the denominator is non-zero) or parallel (if the denominator is zero).<br />

Three lines with directions ´ ¼ ¼ ¼ µ, ´ ½ ½ ½ µ, and ´ ¾ ¾ ¾ µ are parallel<br />

to a common plane if and only if ¬ ¬¬¬¬¬<br />

¬<br />

¼ ¼ ¼¬¬¬¬¬<br />

½ ½ ½ ¼ (4.13.11)<br />

¾ ¾ ¾<br />

4.14 POLYHEDRA<br />

For any polyhedron topologically equivalent to a sphere—in particular, for any convex<br />

polyhedron—the Euler formula holds:<br />

Ú · ¾ (4.14.1)<br />

where Ú is the number of vertices, is the number of edges, and is the number of<br />

faces.<br />

Many common polyhedra are particular cases of cylinders (Section 4.15) or<br />

cones (Section 4.16). A cylinder with a polygonal base (the base is also called a<br />

directrix) is called a prism. A cone with a polygonal base is called a pyramid. A<br />

frustum of a cone with a polygonal base is called a truncated pyramid. Formulae<br />

(4.15.1), (4.16.1), and (4.16.2) give the volumes of a general prism, pyramid, and<br />

truncated pyramid.<br />

A prism whose base is a parallelogram is a parallelepiped. The volume of a<br />

parallelepiped with one vertex at the origin and adjacent vertices at ´Ü ½ Ý ½ Þ ½ µ,<br />

´Ü ¾ Ý ¾ Þ ¾ µ, and ´Ü ¿ Ý ¿ Þ ¿ µ is given by<br />

volume <br />

¬ Ü ½ Ý ½ Þ ½¬¬¬¬¬<br />

Ü ¾ Ý ¾ Þ ¾ (4.14.2)<br />

¬ Ü ¿ Ý ¿ Þ ¿<br />

The rectangular parallelepiped is a particular case: all of its faces are rectangles. If<br />

the side lengths are , the volume is , the total surface area is ¾´··µ,<br />

and each diagonal has length Ô ¾ · ¾ · ¾ . When we get the cube. See<br />

Section 4.14.1. A pyramid whose base is a triangle is a tetrahedron. The volume<br />

of a tetrahedon with one vertex at the origin and the other vertices at ´Ü ½ Ý ½ Þ ½ µ,<br />

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