8,663,900,000
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Your description and expansion suggest you want to evaluate
.. 246₈ = 2*8² +4*8¹ +6*8⁰
.. = 2*64 +4*8 +6
.. = 166
250 total places to get food this year
The answer is (3,2). I did this by drawing a graph, inserting the two midpoints you provided, and put in each potential midpoint, finding (3,2) is the only midpoint that connects to the line.
