2006/07 AHSMC Part 1 Problem 4
Problem 4 of 16
In a city, all streets run north-south or east-west, dividing the city into squares. , , and are four students who live at four street intersections which define a rectangle, with and at opposite corners of this rectangle. They all go to the same school, which is at some street intersection within this rectangle. Each goes to school by a most direct route along streets. travels blocks, blocks and blocks. The number of blocks travels is
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and together travel as many north-south blocks as and together. and together also travel as many east-west blocks as and together. Hence and together travel as many blocks as and together. It follows that the number of blocks travels is . The answer is (d).