diff --git a/go/maximum-total-importance-of-roads.go b/go/maximum-total-importance-of-roads.go
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+++ b/go/maximum-total-importance-of-roads.go
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+package main
+
+import "slices"
+
+func maximumImportance(n int, roads [][]int) int64 {
+	degrees := make([]int64, n)
+
+	for _, edge := range roads {
+		degrees[edge[0]]++
+		degrees[edge[1]]++
+	}
+
+	slices.Sort(degrees)
+
+	importance := int64(0)
+	for i, degree := range degrees {
+		importance += int64(i+1) * degree
+	}
+
+	return importance
+}