Triangulate Nate

Geometry Level 4

Nate lives in a city of an infinite grid.
You must find out where he has hid.

He's a stone cold killer, eyes dead like rocks.
Intel suggests he is within 2 2 blocks
of 2 X -2X , 1 X 1X , and 0 Y 0Y street.
Cops will be looking when they're out on the beat.

Nate's causing hysteria.
What is the search area?

Details and assumptions:

  • See the map for details on how the streets are labeled.
  • There is 1 1 block between each street intersection.
  • Enter your answer in b l o c k s 2 blocks^{2} .
  • The width of a street is infinitesimal.
  • Enter 1 -1 if the search area is infinite.
I modified this map of Atlanta, Georgia by panoramic map artist Albert Ruger .


The answer is 4.

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1 solution

Brock Brown
Jul 11, 2015

Let A A be the search area.

A = 4 b l o c k s × 1 b l o c k = 4 b l o c k s 2 \implies A = 4\ blocks \times 1\ block = \boxed{4\ blocks^{2}}

The catch is -2X, 1X, a n d \color{#D61F06}{and} 0Y NOT -2X, 1X, o r \color{#3D99F6}{or} 0Y .

Niranjan Khanderia - 4 years, 4 months ago

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