Connect.-.the.-.dots

Nine dots are drawn on a unit grid. We want to connect them with straight lines without taking the pencil off the paper so as to maximize the total resulting length :

  • a line is a segment bewteen two dots.
  • there should be eight lines in total.

The resulting length can be written as a ϕ + b δ + c a\phi+b\delta+c where a , b , c a,b,c are integers, ϕ = 1 + 5 2 \phi=\frac{1+\sqrt{5}}{2} is the golden ratio and δ = 1 + 2 \delta = 1+\sqrt{2} is the silver ratio . Submit a + b + c a+b+c


The answer is 7.

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