2018 AMC 10A Problem 16


Right triangle ABCABC has leg lengths AB=20AB=20 and BC=21BC=21 . Including AB\overline{AB} and BC\overline{BC} , how many line segments with integer length can be drawn from vertex BB to a point on hypotenuse AC\overline{AC} ?

(A) 5(B) 8(C) 12(D) 13(E) 15\textbf{(A) }5 \qquad \textbf{(B) }8 \qquad \textbf{(C) }12 \qquad \textbf{(D) }13 \qquad \textbf{(E) }15 \qquad


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