Problem
of the
Week

PROBLEM 124

Is it always possible to choose five points in 3-dimensional space so that the line through any two of them is perpendicular to the plane through the remaing three?  If so, how;  if not, why not.

For the more adventurous:  Given any three points in 3-dimensional space, is it always possible to find two additional points so that the set of five points you just constructed satisfies the property above?


Go to the Problem of the Week Home Page

You are visitor number 8823 to this page.
ã2001 Alberto L. Delgado