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UKMT Junior Kangaroo, 2023

Geometry Difficulty 1.0 Junior Find the answer United Kingdom

Maria has drawn some shapes on identical square pieces of paper, as shown. Each line she has drawn is parallel to an edge of her paper. How many of her shapes have the same perimeter as the sheet of paper itself?

(A) $1$ (B) $2$ (C) $3$ (D) $4$ (E) $5$

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