Problem 19: Four points, one answer?

Suppose you draw four points on a piece of paper. How many pairs of points are there?

Now consider the distances between those pairs of points.

It’s possible to draw the points in such a way that when you list the distances between every pair of points, you only write down two different values.

Ignoring rotation, reflection and enlargement, in how many different ways can the points be drawn?

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