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OpenStudy (anonymous):

A woman starts at a point P on the earth's surface and walks 1 mi south, then 1 mi east, then 1 mi north, and finds herself back at P, the starting point. Describe all points P for which this is possible (there are infinitely many).

OpenStudy (vishweshshrimali5):

Hi Tulip here is the solution

OpenStudy (radar):

She is looking for the answer! lol

OpenStudy (anonymous):

S, E, N back to P? Where's that, the North Pole? And there's only one of them... An infinite number of paths (spherical triangles) maybe. I know, some kind of projective space...

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