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Algebra Difficulty 1.0 Junior Prove it Canada

A goat starts at the origin (0,0)(0,0) and then makes several moves. On move 1, it travels 1 unit up to (0,1)(0,1). On move 2, it travels 2 units right to (2,1)(2,1). On move 3, it travels 3 units down to (2,2)(2,-2). On move 4, it travels 4 units to (2,2)(-2,-2). It continues in this fashion, so that on move nn, it turns 9090^\circ in a clockwise direction from its previous heading and travels nn units in this new direction. After nn moves, the goat has travelled a total of 55 units. Determine the coordinates of its position at this time.

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