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2019 Pascal Problem 11

In a magic square, the numbers in each row, the numbers in each column, and the numbers on each diagonal have the same sum. In the magic square shown, the value of x is

\begin{array}{|c|c|c|} \hline 2.3 & & \\ \hline 3.6 & 3 & 2.4 \\ \hline & x & \\ \hline \end{array}

\textbf{(A)}\ 3.8\quad \textbf{(B)}\ 3.6\quad \textbf{(C)}\ 3.1\quad \textbf{(D)}\ 2.9\quad \textbf{(E)}\ 2.2

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