2024 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 6
Solution 1 (Analysis)
skips around the boundary of the rink, while goes around the whole boundary. Hence, the length of path is less than the length of path . Now, using the fact that the hypotenuse of a right triangle is greater than both of its legs, it is clear that the path described in is longer than . Finally, each V-shaped zag path from path is longer than a diagonal in path , so the length of path is greater than that of . Collectively, we obtain the answer .