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2009 AMC 10B Problem 17

Five unit squares are arranged in the coordinate plane as shown, with the lower left corner at the origin. The slanted line, extending from (c,0) to (3,3), divides the entire region into two regions of equal area. What is c? [asy] unitsize(1cm); defaultpen(linewidth(.8pt)+fontsize(8pt)); fill((2/3,0)--(3,3)--(3,1)--(2,1)--(2,0)--cycle,gray); xaxis("$x$",-0.5,4,EndArrow(HookHead,4)); yaxis("$y$",-0.5,4,EndArrow(4)); draw((0,1)--(3,1)--(3,3)--(2,3)--(2,0)); draw((1,0)--(1,2)--(3,2)); draw((2/3,0)--(3,3)); label("$(c,0)$",(2/3,0),S); label("$(3,3)$",(3,3),NE); [/asy]

\text{(A) } \frac 12 \qquad \text{(B) } \frac 35 \qquad \text{(C) } \frac 23 \qquad \text{(D) } \frac 34 \qquad \text{(E) } \frac 45

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