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Suppose $p(x), q(x), r(x)$ are linear functions, and $s(x)$ and $t(x)$ are defined by
$$s(x) = \max\{p(x), q(x), r(x)\},$$
$$t(x) = \min\{p(x), q(x), r(x)\}.$$
For each $x$, $s(x)$ is the greatest and $t(x)$ is the least of these three values.

Given the graph of $y=s(x)$ for $-4 \le x \le 4$ as follows, where $p(x), q(x), r(x)$ intersect at different points creating segments with different slopes:

[asy]
size(150);
real ticklen=3;
real tickspace=2;

real ticklength=0.1cm;
real axisarrowsize=0.14cm;
pen axispen=black+1.3bp;
real vectorarrowsize=0.2cm;
real tickdown=-0.5;
real tickdownlength=-0.15inch;
real tickdownbase=0.3;
real wholetickdown=tickdown;
void rr_cartesian_axes(real xleft, real xright, real ybottom, real ytop, real xstep=1, real ystep=1, bool useticks=false, bool complexplane=false, bool usegrid=true) {
import graph;
real i;
if(complexplane) {
label("$\textnormal{Re}$",(xright,0),SE);
label("$\textnormal{Im}$",(0,ytop),NW);
} else {
label("$x$",(xright+0.4,-0.5));
label("$y$",(-0.5,ytop+0.2));
}
ylimits(ybottom,ytop);
xlimits( xleft, xright);
real[] TicksArrx,TicksArry;
for(i=xleft+xstep; i<xright; i+=xstep) {
if(abs(i) >0.1) {TicksArrx.push(i);}
}
for(i=ybottom+ystep; i<ytop; i+=ystep) {
if(abs(i) >0.1) {TicksArry.push(i);}
}
if(usegrid) {
xaxis(BottomTop(extend=false), Ticks("%", TicksArrx ,pTick=gray(0.22),extend=true),p=invisible);
yaxis(LeftRight(extend=false),Ticks("%", TicksArry ,pTick=gray(0.22),extend=true), p=invisible);
}
if(useticks) {
xequals(0, ymin=ybottom, ymax=ytop, p=axispen, Ticks("%",TicksArry , pTick=black+0.8bp,Size=ticklength), above=true, Arrows(size=axisarrowsize));
yequals(0, xmin=xleft, xmax=xright, p=axispen, Ticks("%",TicksArrx , pTick=black+0.8bp,Size=ticklength), above=true, Arrows(size=axisarrowsize));
} else {
xequals(0, ymin=ybottom, ymax=ytop, p=axispen, above=true, Arrows(size=axisarrowsize));
yequals(0, xmin=xleft, xmax=xright, p=axispen, above=true, Arrows(size=axisarrowsize));
}
};
rr_cartesian_axes(-5,5,-5,5);
draw((-4,6)--(-2,2)--(2,2)--(4,6),red+1.25);
dot((-2,2),red);
dot((2,2),red);
[/asy]

Determine the length of the graph of $y=t(x)$ for the interval $-4 \le x \le 4$ and find the value of this length squared.

Present the answer in LaTex format: \boxed{Your answer}
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