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UKMT Junior Kangaroo, 2023

Combinatorics Difficulty 1.0 Junior Find the answer United Kingdom

Nico is learning to drive. He knows how to turn right but has not yet learned how to turn left. What is the smallest number of right turns he could make to travel from P to Q, moving first in the direction shown?

(A) $3$ (B) $4$ (C) $6$ (D) $8$ (E) $10$

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