Math Gold Medalist

Lor

2024 AMC 8 

Problem 20

Any three vertices of the cube $PQRSTUVW,$ shown in the figure below, can be connected to form a triangle. $($For example, vertices $P, Q,$ and $R$ can be connected to form $\triangle{PQR}.)$ How many of these triangles are equilateral and contain $P$ as a vertex?

[asy] unitsize(4); pair P,Q,R,S,T,U,V,W; P=(0,30); Q=(30,30); R=(40,40); S=(10,40); T=(10,10); U=(40,10); V=(30,0); W=(0,0); draw(W--V); draw(V--Q); draw(Q--P); draw(P--W); draw(T--U); draw(U--R); draw(R--S); draw(S--T); draw(W--T); draw(P--S); draw(V--U); draw(Q--R); dot(P); dot(Q); dot(R); dot(S); dot(T); dot(U); dot(V); dot(W); label("$P$",P,NW); label("$Q$",Q,NW); label("$R$",R,NE); label("$S$",S,N); label("$T$",T,NE); label("$U$",U,NE); label("$V$",V,SE); label("$W$",W,SW); [/asy]

$\textbf{(A) }0\qquad\textbf{(B) }1\qquad\textbf{(C) }2\qquad\textbf{(D) }3\qquad\textbf{(E) }6$

Casework

Pythagorean Theorem

PQ=PS=PW=1

PR=PV=PT=sqrt(2)

PU=sqrt(3)

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