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My guess is 60 degrees, but I have a good feeling it's wrong (Geometry was never my strong suit).
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60? the only good thing about geometry for me was the hot teacher lol
If anyone is curious, the answer is 70.5 degrees (approximately). I’ll put the chatGPT explanation of an edge angle vs dihedral angle below, because most people likely are thinking of it as an edge angle situation. :sanapray:
I also linked an article explaining it in more detail but it assumes knowledge of geometry, trigonometry, dot products, ect.

Edge Angle (Vertex Angle)
  • The edge angle refers to the internal angle between two edges of a tetrahedron that meet at a vertex.
  • In a regular tetrahedron (where all edges are of equal length), the angle between any two edges that meet at a vertex is 60∘. This is because the faces of a regular tetrahedron are equilateral triangles, and each angle in an equilateral triangle is 60∘.

Dihedral Angle (Plane Angle)
  • The dihedral angle refers to the angle between two plane faces of the tetrahedron.
  • In a regular tetrahedron, this angle is approximately 70.5∘ (more precisely, arccos
    (1/3))
  • To visualize this, imagine holding two triangular faces of the tetrahedron along a shared edge and measuring the angle between the planes of these two faces.

Why the Difference?
  • Edge Angle (60°): This is simply due to the geometric properties of an equilateral triangle.
  • Dihedral Angle (~70.5°): This comes from the three-dimensional geometry of the tetrahedron and can be derived from the cosine rule applied to the geometry of the tetrahedron.

In summary, the edge angle is 60∘ because it's the angle in an equilateral triangle, while the dihedral angle is 70.5∘ due to the three-dimensional arrangement of the triangular faces in a regular tetrahedron.

 
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