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PEA 2024Question 14mcqEasy

A monkey starts at (0,0)(0,0) on the xyxy-plane in period 11. From any position (x,y)(x,y) in a period, the monkey can only jump to (a,b)(a,b) in the next period, where a{x+1,x,x1}a\in\{x+1,x,x-1\} and b{y+1,y,y1}b\in\{y+1,y,y-1\}. How many possible positions can the monkey be in period 22?