International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) 2017 2017 , Day 1 1 , Problem 3 3 of 6 6

Geometry Level 3

Question:

A hunter and an invisible rabbit play a game in the Euclidean plane. The rabbit's starting point, A 0 A_0 , and the hunter's starting point, B 0 B_0 , is the same (i.e. A 0 = B 0 A_0 = B_0 ). After n 1 n - 1 rounds of the game, the rabbit is at point A n 1 A_{n - 1} and the hunter is at point B n 1 B_{n - 1} . In the n t h n^{th} round of the game, three things occur in order:

(i): The rabbit moves invisibly to a point A n A_n such that the distance between A n A_n and A n 1 A_{n - 1} is 1 1 .

(ii): A tracking device reports a point P n P_n to the hunter. The only guarantee provided by the tracking device to the hunter is that the distance between P n P_n and A n A_n is at most 1 1 .

(iii): The hunter moves visibly to a point B n B_n such that the distance between B n 1 B_{n - 1} and B n B_n is exactly 1 1 .

Is it always possible, no matter how the rabbit moves, and no matter what points are reported by the tracking device, for the hunter to choose her moves so that after 1 0 9 10^9 rounds she can ensure that the distance between her and the rabbit is at most 100 100 ?

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