diff --git a/2021/day17.py b/2021/day17.py
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+with open("input17.txt") as f:
+    line = f.read().rstrip()
+(xmin, xmax), (ymin, ymax) = (
+    tuple(map(int, part.rstrip(",")[2:].split("..")))
+    for part in line.split()[2:]
+)
+
+# highest y regardless of x will be the one using the velocity that immediately
+# goes to ymin after crossing the 0 axis...
+print(sum(range(abs(ymin + 1) + 1)))
+
+n = 0
+ivxmax = abs(xmax)
+ivymax = abs(xmax)
+for ivx in range(ivxmax, -1, -1):
+    for ivy in range(ivymax, -ivymax - 1, -1):
+        x, y = 0, 0
+        vx, vy = ivx, ivy
+        while x <= xmax and y >= ymin:
+            x += vx
+            y += vy
+            if vx > 0:
+                vx -= 1
+            vy -= 1
+            if xmin <= x <= xmax and ymin <= y <= ymax:
+                n += 1
+                break
+print(n)