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UKMT Junior Kangaroo, 2018

Combinatorics Difficulty 2.0 Junior Find the answer United Kingdom

Tom throws two darts at the target shown in the diagram. Both his darts hit the target. For each dart, he scores the number of points shown in the region he hits. How many different totals could he score?

(A) $6$ (B) $7$ (C) $8$ (D) $9$ (E) $10$

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