AMC Acronym
Source: 2020 AMC 12A #2
January 31, 2020
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Problem Statement
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), gray(0.6)+dashed);
}
if (i != 2) {
draw((j,i)--(j,i+1), gray(0.6)+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]