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In a plane, there are two families of lines y=x+k, y=x+k, where k{0,1,2,3,4}. The number of squares with diagonal of length 2 units formed by the lines, is

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Consider the lines L1,L3.
The lines L1,L3 form square with diagonal of length 2 unit with lines M1,M3 and M2,M4 and M3,M5
So, for L1,L3, the number of such squares is 3

As there are 3 choices ((L1,L3),(L2,L4)(L3,L5)) for the family y=x+k,
the total number of such squares is 3×3=9

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