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UKMT Junior Kangaroo, 2017

Combinatorics Difficulty 2.0 Junior Find the answer United Kingdom

Beattie wants to walk from $P$ to $Q$ along the paths shown, always moving in the direction from $P$ to $Q$ . She will add the numbers on the paths she walks along. How many different totals could she obtain?

(A) $3$ (B) $4$ (C) $5$ (D) $6$ (E) $8$

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