Problem 4 · 2011 Math Kangaroo
Easy
Spatial & Visual Reasoning
path-tracing
Jan cannot draw very accurately, but he tried to make a roadmap of his village. The relative positions of the houses and the street crossings are all correct, but although three of the roads are actually straight, Qurwik street is not. Who lives on Qurwik street?
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Answer: C — Carol
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Hint 1 of 2
Three of the four roads are straight; the one that bends is Qurwik street.
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Hint 2 of 2
Find the resident whose connecting road is the curved one, not a straight segment.
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Approach: identify the single curved road in the map
- The crossings and house positions are correct, and only one road is drawn curved instead of straight.
- That curved road is Qurwik street, and the house it serves belongs to Carol.
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