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UKMT Grey Kangaroo, 2021

Geometry Difficulty 3.0 AMC 10/12 Find the answer United Kingdom

Five squares are positioned as shown. The small square indicated has area 1. What is the value of $h$ ?

(A) $3$ (B) $3.5$ (C) $4$ (D) $4.2$ (E) $4.5$

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