Let
be a point inside a regular tetrahedron
of unit volume. The four planes passing through
and parallel to the faces of
partition
into 14 pieces. Let
be the joint volume of those pieces that are neither a tetrahedron nor a parallelepiped (i.e., pieces adjacent to an edge but not to a vertex). Find the exact bounds for
as
varies over
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Let $P$ be a point inside a regular tetrahedron $T$ of unit volume. The four planes passing through $P$ and parallel to the faces of $T$ partition $T$ into 14 pieces. Let $f(P)$ be the joint volume of those pieces that are neither a tetrahedron nor a parallelepiped (i.e., pieces adjacent to an edge but not to a vertex). Find the exact bounds for $f(P)$ as $P$ varies over $T.$