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2 colors (Posted on 2003-04-27) Difficulty: 2 of 5
A painter went to a single mathematical plane, and colored every single point on that plane one of two colors.

Prove that there exist two points on the plane that are exactly one meter apart and have the same color.

See The Solution Submitted by Jonathan Waltz    
Rating: 2.1818 (11 votes)

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re: solution | Comment 5 of 9 |
(In reply to solution by Charlie)

When I first thought of a solution, I began with a point and the circle around it (of radius one meter) which must be of different color than the center. Then pick any two points on that circle exactly one meter apart (a one meter chord), and of course, they're the same color.

It boils down to your triangle. I like your triangle better. :-P
  Posted by Your buddy on 2003-08-20 15:49:51

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