The accompanying sketch represents a maze of oneway streets in a city in the United States. The traffic volume through certain blocks during an hour has been measured. Suppose that the vehicles leaving the areaduring this hour were exactly the same as those entering it.
What can you say about the traffic volume at thefour locations indicated by a question mark? Can you figure out exactly how much traffic there was on each block? If not, describe one possible scenario. For eachof the four locations, find the highest and the lowest possible traffic volume.
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