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Combinatorics Difficulty 1.0 Junior Find the answer Canada

How many ☐ symbols are in the figure?

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2424 2020 1515 1717 2525

A number or a short expression. Fractions can be typed as 3/2, and spacing doesn't matter.

Solution

The figure includes 5 groups of 5 squares.

Thus, there are 5×5=255 \times 5 = 25 squares in total.

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