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UKMT Junior Kangaroo, 2021

Geometry Difficulty 1.0 Junior Find the answer United Kingdom

Each square in the grid shown is 1 cm by 1 cm. What is the area of the shaded figure, in $\text{cm}^2$ ?

(A) $14$ (B) $15$ (C) $16$ (D) $17$ (E) $18$

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