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Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Mark four points on a flat surface so that there are only two different distances between them. One arrangement is as shown.
How many more can you find?
Are you sure that you have them all?
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NRICH is part of the family of activities in the Millennium Mathematics Project.
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