2019 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 12

Problem

The faces of a cube are painted in six different colors: red $(R)$ , white $(W)$ , green $(G)$ , brown $(B)$ , aqua $(A)$ , and purple $(P)$ . Three views of the cube are shown below. What is the color of the face opposite the aqua face?

$\textbf{(A)}\ \text{red}\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ \text{white}\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ \text{green}\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ \text{brown}\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \text{purple}$

Solution 1

$B$ is on the top, and $R$ is on the side, and $G$ is on the right side. That means that (image $2$ ) $W$ is on the left side. From the third image, you know that $P$ must be on the bottom since $G$ is sideways. That leaves us with the back, so the back must be $A$ . The front is opposite of the back, so the answer is $\boxed{\textbf{(A)}\ R}$ .

Solution 2

Looking closely we can see that all faces are connected with $R$ except for $A$ . Thus the answer is $\boxed{\textbf{(A)}\ R}$ .

It is A, just draw it out! ~phoenixfire

Solution 3

Associated video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5vaX_EzjEM

Video Solution

Solution detailing how to solve the problem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXBqE-jh2WA&list=PLbhMrFqoXXwmwbk2CWeYOYPRbGtmdPUhL&index=13

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