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chez_jay in reply to @itsbruce

Actually, answering your question, I think the answer is two. They could be at equidistant points on a sphere, with 1.5 m between them on the 2D surface. Or they could be on a slightly bigger sphere, with 1.5 m along the edges of the tetrahedron in 3D space.

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itsbruce in reply to @chez_jay
1. A sphere is a 3d construct, so 2 isn't enough.
2. For it to have any chance of working, with fudged projections even, the sphere would have to be quite a small one compared to our actual planet.

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chez_jay in reply to @itsbruce
1. The surface of a sphere is 2D. Non Euclidean curved space, but still 2D.
2. The Earth does not feature in the problem.

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