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Sum of squared tangents in a tetrahedron section

High school · ●●●●○ 100 pts

A regular tetrahedron is intersected by a plane that is perpendicular to one of its faces and meets that face along a line ee. The intersection lines of this plane with the other three face planes of the tetrahedron form angles φ1,φ2,φ3\varphi_1, \varphi_2, \varphi_3 with ee. Determine the value of tan⁡2φ1+tan⁡2φ2+tan⁡2φ3\tan^2 \varphi_1+\tan^2 \varphi_2+\tan^2 \varphi_3.

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