february 22, 2011
Problem of the Week
for Tuesday, February 22, 2011
How many different five-pointed stars can you draw on a circle of eight dots, with each point of the star lying on a single dot? A five-pointed star must be a single loop of line segments that self-intersects five times, like this:
Different stars must be different under rotation and reflection. (Note: find all possible different stars and include a picture of each one.K)