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Grade 5SuperchallengeThe Coordinate Plane

The Coordinate Plane · Superchallenge problem

On a town grid you can only walk along the streets (straight across or straight up and down), so the walking distance between two corners is (blocks across) + (blocks up or down). Amy lives at (2,2)(2, 2) and Ben lives at (8,6)(8, 6). How many street corners (x,y)(x, y), with xx and yy each a whole number from 00 to 1010, are the same walking distance from Amy's house as from Ben's?