2020 AMC 12A Problems/Problem 2
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Problem
The acronym AMC is shown in the rectangular grid below with grid lines spaced 
unit apart. In units, what is the sum of the lengths of the line segments that form the acronym AMC
![[asy] import olympiad; unitsize(25); for (int i = 0; i < 3; ++i) { for (int j = 0; j < 9; ++j) { pair A = (j,i); } } for (int i = 0; i < 3; ++i) { for (int j = 0; j < 9; ++j) { if (j != 8) { draw((j,i)--(j+1,i), dashed); } if (i != 2) { draw((j,i)--(j,i+1), dashed); } } } draw((0,0)--(2,2),linewidth(2)); draw((2,0)--(2,2),linewidth(2)); draw((1,1)--(2,1),linewidth(2)); draw((3,0)--(3,2),linewidth(2)); draw((5,0)--(5,2),linewidth(2)); draw((4,1)--(3,2),linewidth(2)); draw((4,1)--(5,2),linewidth(2)); draw((6,0)--(8,0),linewidth(2)); draw((6,2)--(8,2),linewidth(2)); draw((6,0)--(6,2),linewidth(2)); [/asy]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/6/6/4/6649eb6b62018218d4086bde7597f2da9b4b10e3.png)
Solution 1
Each of the straight line segments have length and each of the slanted line segments have length 
(this can be deducted using 
, pythag, trig, or just sense)
There area a total of 
straight lines segments and 
slanted line segments. The sum is 
~quacker88
Solution 2
Either count the straight or diagonals and deduce from the answers that the only answer possible is .
Solution 3
There are 4 slanted segments. Therefore, the only answer would be .
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