2023 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 17

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Problem

A regular octahedron has eight equilateral triangle faces with four faces meeting at each vertex. Jun will make the regular octahedrons shown on the right by folding the piece of paper shown on the left. Which numbered face will end up to the right of $Q$?

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Solution (Intuition)

The answer is $\boxed{\textbf{(A)}\ 1}.$ Use intuition to bring it down to $2$ guesses $1$ or $2$ and guess from there or you could actually fold the paper. -apex304

Animated Video Solution

https://youtu.be/ECqljkDeA5o

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Video Solution by OmegaLearn (Using 3D Visualization)

https://youtu.be/gIjhiw1CUgY

See Also

2023 AMC 8 (ProblemsAnswer KeyResources)
Preceded by
Problem 16
Followed by
Problem 18
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