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How many squares are there in this picture?

How many squares are there in this picture?-example-1
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Answer:

10 squares

Explanation:

You want to know the number of squares in the given figure.

Identification

We can label the vertical lines in the figure left-to-right as 1–4, and the horizontal lines as A–D.

There are 4 smallest squares with sides ...

12AB, 34AB, 12CD, 34CD

There is 1 next-size square with sides ...

23BC

There are 4 second-largest squares with sides ...

13AC, 24AC, 13BD, 24BD

And there is one largest square with sides ...

14AD

The figure has the 10 listed squares in it.

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