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Four points on a Plane (Posted on 2004-11-21) Difficulty: 2 of 5
How many ways can four points be arranged in a plane so that the six distances between pairs of points take on only two different values?

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a) 4 of the 5 points which form a pentagon.

b) An equilateral triangle ABC + a point D outside the triangle which is on the bisector of angle A, at a distance such that AD = AB.  D can be on the near or far side of the triangle, yielding two different shapes

  Posted by Steve Herman on 2004-11-21 20:12:09
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