2007 AMC 12A Problem 20
Problem 20 of 25HarderGeometry
Corners are sliced off a unit cube so that the six faces each become regular octagons. What is the total volume of the removed tetrahedra?
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Solution
Slicing removes two equal segments of length from each edge. Each octagon then has side length and the edge satisfies so
Each removed corner is a tetrahedron with three mutually perpendicular legs of length so its volume is There are corners, giving total volume
Thus, the correct answer is B.