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2025 AMC 8 Question 15

AMC8 · 2025 AMC 8

Question 15

Kei draws a $6$-by-$6$ grid. He colors $13$ of the unit squares silver and the remaining squares gold. Kei then folds the grid in half vertically, forming pairs of overlapping unit squares. Let $m$ and $M$ equal the least and greatest possible number of gold-on-gold pairs, respectively. What is the value of $m+M?$

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  1. $12$
  2. $14$
  3. $16$
  4. $18$
  5. $20$