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| 1 | +### --- Day 3: Toboggan Trajectory --- |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +With the toboggan login problems resolved, you set off toward the airport. While travel by toboggan might be easy, it's |
| 4 | +certainly not safe: there's very minimal steering and the area is covered in trees. You'll need to see which angles will |
| 5 | +take you near the fewest trees. |
| 6 | + |
| 7 | +Due to the local geology, trees in this area only grow on exact integer coordinates in a grid. You make a map (your |
| 8 | +puzzle input) of the open squares (```.```) and trees (```#```) you can see. For example: |
| 9 | + |
| 10 | + ..##....... |
| 11 | + #...#...#.. |
| 12 | + .#....#..#. |
| 13 | + ..#.#...#.# |
| 14 | + .#...##..#. |
| 15 | + ..#.##..... |
| 16 | + .#.#.#....# |
| 17 | + .#........# |
| 18 | + #.##...#... |
| 19 | + #...##....# |
| 20 | + .#..#...#.# |
| 21 | + |
| 22 | +These aren't the only trees, though; due to something you read about once involving arboreal genetics and biome |
| 23 | +stability, the same pattern repeats to the right many times: |
| 24 | + |
| 25 | + ..##.........##.........##.........##.........##.........##....... ---> |
| 26 | + #...#...#..#...#...#..#...#...#..#...#...#..#...#...#..#...#...#.. |
| 27 | + .#....#..#..#....#..#..#....#..#..#....#..#..#....#..#..#....#..#. |
| 28 | + ..#.#...#.#..#.#...#.#..#.#...#.#..#.#...#.#..#.#...#.#..#.#...#.# |
| 29 | + .#...##..#..#...##..#..#...##..#..#...##..#..#...##..#..#...##..#. |
| 30 | + ..#.##.......#.##.......#.##.......#.##.......#.##.......#.##..... ---> |
| 31 | + .#.#.#....#.#.#.#....#.#.#.#....#.#.#.#....#.#.#.#....#.#.#.#....# |
| 32 | + .#........#.#........#.#........#.#........#.#........#.#........# |
| 33 | + #.##...#...#.##...#...#.##...#...#.##...#...#.##...#...#.##...#... |
| 34 | + #...##....##...##....##...##....##...##....##...##....##...##....# |
| 35 | + .#..#...#.#.#..#...#.#.#..#...#.#.#..#...#.#.#..#...#.#.#..#...#.# ---> |
| 36 | + |
| 37 | +You start on the open square (```.```) in the top-left corner and need to reach the bottom (below the bottom-most row on |
| 38 | +your map). |
| 39 | + |
| 40 | +The toboggan can only follow a few specific slopes (you opted for a cheaper model that prefers rational numbers); start |
| 41 | +by counting all the trees you would encounter for the slope right 3, down 1: |
| 42 | + |
| 43 | +From your starting position at the top-left, check the position that is right 3 and down 1. Then, check the position |
| 44 | +that is right 3 and down 1 from there, and so on until you go past the bottom of the map. |
| 45 | + |
| 46 | +The locations you'd check in the above example are marked here with O where there was an open square and X where there |
| 47 | +was a tree: |
| 48 | + |
| 49 | + ..##.........##.........##.........##.........##.........##....... ---> |
| 50 | + #..O#...#..#...#...#..#...#...#..#...#...#..#...#...#..#...#...#.. |
| 51 | + .#....X..#..#....#..#..#....#..#..#....#..#..#....#..#..#....#..#. |
| 52 | + ..#.#...#O#..#.#...#.#..#.#...#.#..#.#...#.#..#.#...#.#..#.#...#.# |
| 53 | + .#...##..#..X...##..#..#...##..#..#...##..#..#...##..#..#...##..#. |
| 54 | + ..#.##.......#.X#.......#.##.......#.##.......#.##.......#.##..... ---> |
| 55 | + .#.#.#....#.#.#.#.O..#.#.#.#....#.#.#.#....#.#.#.#....#.#.#.#....# |
| 56 | + .#........#.#........X.#........#.#........#.#........#.#........# |
| 57 | + #.##...#...#.##...#...#.X#...#...#.##...#...#.##...#...#.##...#... |
| 58 | + #...##....##...##....##...#X....##...##....##...##....##...##....# |
| 59 | + .#..#...#.#.#..#...#.#.#..#...X.#.#..#...#.#.#..#...#.#.#..#...#.# ---> |
| 60 | + |
| 61 | +In this example, traversing the map using this slope would cause you to encounter ```7``` trees. |
| 62 | + |
| 63 | +Starting at the top-left corner of your map and following a slope of ```right 3``` and ```down 1```, how many trees |
| 64 | +would you encounter? |
| 65 | + |
| 66 | +### --- Part Two --- |
| 67 | + |
| 68 | +Time to check the rest of the slopes - you need to minimize the probability of a sudden arboreal stop, after all. |
| 69 | + |
| 70 | +Determine the number of trees you would encounter if, for each of the following slopes, you start at the top-left corner |
| 71 | +and traverse the map all the way to the bottom: |
| 72 | + |
| 73 | + Right 1, down 1. |
| 74 | + Right 3, down 1. (This is the slope you already checked.) |
| 75 | + Right 5, down 1. |
| 76 | + Right 7, down 1. |
| 77 | + Right 1, down 2. |
| 78 | + |
| 79 | +In the above example, these slopes would find ```2```, ```7```, ```3```, ```4```, and ```2``` tree(s) respectively; |
| 80 | +multiplied together, these produce the answer ```336```. |
| 81 | + |
| 82 | +What do you get if you multiply together the number of trees encountered on each of the listed slopes? |
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