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Source: 2019 AMC 8 #6

November 19, 2019
AMC 8probabilitysymmetry

Problem Statement

There are 81 grid points (uniformly spaced) in the square shown in the diagram below, including the points on the edges. Point PP is the center of the square. Given that point QQ is randomly chosen from among the other 80 points, what is the probability that line PQPQ is a line of symmetry for the square? [asy] size(130); defaultpen(fontsize(11)); int i, j; for(i=0; i<9; i=i+1) { for(j=0; j<9; j=j+1) if((i==4) && (j==4)) { dot((i,j),linewidth(5)); } else { dot((i,j),linewidth(3)); } } dot("PP",(4,4),NE); draw((0,0)--(0,8)--(8,8)--(8,0)--cycle); [/asy] <spanclass=latexbold>(A)</span>15<spanclass=latexbold>(B)</span>14<spanclass=latexbold>(C)</span>25<spanclass=latexbold>(D)</span>920<spanclass=latexbold>(E)</span>12<span class='latex-bold'>(A) </span> \frac{1}{5} \qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(B) </span> \frac{1}{4} \qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(C) </span> \frac{2}{5} \qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(D) </span> \frac{9}{20} \qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(E) </span> \frac{1}{2}