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Wednesday, 21 May 2008

problem solving - thinking out of the box - 4 3's


It's not impossible, you just need to think outside the box a little.
Here goes:

How is it possible to plant four trees so that the distance between any two given trees is the same for any pair of trees. That is, if the distance between tree A and B was three feet, the distance between B and C, C and D, D and B, etc. would all be three feet.

email me ... 2 get the solution/help

2 comments:

ola said...

put 3 trees A, B and C such that AB=BC= 3 ft, then put the fourth tree(D) such that the angle between BC and BD is 60 degrees, and BC=BD=CD=3 ft

ola said...

put 3 trees A, B and C such that AB=BC= 3 ft, then put the fourth tree(D) such that the angle between BC and BD is 60 degrees, and BC=BD=CD=3 ft

I was here ...

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