Children go up the hill in a zigzag pattern because it requires less physical effort and optimizes the climb time.
When climbing the hill in a zigzag, children do not move directly against gravity, but they can suffer less impact and less physical effort to move since the impact of gravity is less.
In this case, children can move faster and climb with less effort.
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