AMC 12 2009b Problem 14
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Five unit squares are arranged in the coordinate plane as shown, with the lower left corner at the origin. The slanted line, extending from to , divides the entire region into two regions of equal area. What is ?
unitsize(1cm);
defaultpen(linewidth(.8pt)+fontsize(8pt));
fill((2/3,0)--(3,3)--(3,1)--(2,1)--(2,0)--cycle,gray);
xaxis("",-0.5,4,EndArrow(HookHead,4));
yaxis("",-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("",(2/3,0),S);
label("",(3,3),NE);
\textbf{(A)}\ \frac12 \textbf{(B)}\ \frac35 \textbf{(C)}\ \frac23 \textbf{(D)}\ \frac34 \textbf{(E)}\ \frac45
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