Harder puzzles easier; 4 points in plane


(a) Sometimes a puzzle becomes easier after a change to
make it harder. Give some interesting examples.

(b) Find all configurations of four points in the plane
with only two distinct distances between points.

(c) While solving (b) I thought of (a). What was the
connection?


James Dow Allen
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