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The diagram show

28

lattice points, each one unit from its nearest neighbors. Segment

AB

meets segment

CD

E

. Find the length of segment

AE

.
[asy] path seg1, seg2; seg1=(6,0)--(0,3); seg2=(2,0)--(4,2); dot((0,0)); dot((1,0)); fill(circle((2,0),0.1),black); dot((3,0)); dot((4,0)); dot((5,0)); fill(circle((6,0),0.1),black); dot((0,1)); dot((1,1)); dot((2,1)); dot((3,1)); dot((4,1)); dot((5,1)); dot((6,1)); dot((0,2)); dot((1,2)); dot((2,2)); dot((3,2)); fill(circle((4,2),0.1),black); dot((5,2)); dot((6,2)); fill(circle((0,3),0.1),black); dot((1,3)); dot((2,3)); dot((3,3)); dot((4,3)); dot((5,3)); dot((6,3)); draw(seg1); draw(seg2); pair [] x=intersectionpoints(seg1,seg2); fill(circle(x[0],0.1),black); label("

A

",(0,3),NW); label("

B

",(6,0),SE); label("

C

",(4,2),NE); label("

D

",(2,0),S); label("

E

",x[0],N);[/asy]

\text{(A)}\ \frac{4\sqrt5}{3}\qquad\text{(B)}\ \frac{5\sqrt5}{3}\qquad\text{(C)}\ \frac{12\sqrt5}{7}\qquad\text{(D)}\ 2\sqrt5 \qquad\text{(E)}\ \frac{5\sqrt{65}}{9}

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