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An angle between diagonals

Puzzling Asked on December 16, 2021

The diagonals of a square intersect at a right angle.
Is that true in three dimensions? I.e. would the two diagonals of a cube, each running from one corner of the cube to its opposite corner and crossing in the center, also cross at right angles?

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There are four diagonals of a cube, but none of them meet at right angles:

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To see this, observe that

The two diagonals define a unique plane containing both of them. In that plane, the two cube diagonals are also the diagonals of a rectangle,

Answered by Rand al'Thor on December 16, 2021

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