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AMC 12 2000 Problem 8

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Figures 00, 11, 22, and 33 consist of 11, 55, 1313, and 2525 nonoverlapping unit squares, respectively. If the pattern were continued, how many nonoverlapping unit squares would there be in figure 100?

unitsize(8);
draw((0,0)--(1,0)--(1,1)--(0,1)--cycle);
draw((9,0)--(10,0)--(10,3)--(9,3)--cycle);
draw((8,1)--(11,1)--(11,2)--(8,2)--cycle);
draw((19,0)--(20,0)--(20,5)--(19,5)--cycle);
draw((18,1)--(21,1)--(21,4)--(18,4)--cycle);
draw((17,2)--(22,2)--(22,3)--(17,3)--cycle);
draw((32,0)--(33,0)--(33,7)--(32,7)--cycle);
draw((29,3)--(36,3)--(36,4)--(29,4)--cycle);
draw((31,1)--(34,1)--(34,6)--(31,6)--cycle);
draw((30,2)--(35,2)--(35,5)--(30,5)--cycle);
label("Figure",(0.5,-1),S);
label("00",(0.5,-2.5),S);
label("Figure",(9.5,-1),S);
label("11",(9.5,-2.5),S);
label("Figure",(19.5,-1),S);
label("22",(19.5,-2.5),S);
label("Figure",(32.5,-1),S);
label("33",(32.5,-2.5),S);

\textbf{(A)}\ 10401 \textbf{(B)}\ 19801 \textbf{(C)}\ 20201 \textbf{(D)}\ 39801 \textbf{(E)}\ 40801

Dataset text AMC 12 2000 to 2025. Quoted with source.

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