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2004 AMC 8 Problem 23

Tess runs counterclockwise around rectangular block JKLM. She lives at corner J. Which graph could represent her straight-line distance from home?

[asy] unitsize(5mm); pair J=(-3,2); pair K=(-3,-2); pair L=(3,-2); pair M=(3,2); draw(J--K--L--M--cycle); label("$J$",J,NW); label("$K$",K,SW); label("$L$",L,SE); label("$M$",M,NE); [/asy] AMC8200423.gif

Full credit goes to MAA for authoring these problems. These problems were taken on the AOPS website.


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