1995 AHSME Problems/Problem 6
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Problem
The figure shown can be folded into the shape of a cube. In the resulting cube, which of the lettered faces is opposite the face marked x?
![[asy] defaultpen(linewidth(0.7)); path p=origin--(0,1)--(1,1)--(1,2)--(2,2)--(2,3); draw(p^^(2,3)--(4,3)^^shift(2,0)*p^^(2,0)--origin); draw(shift(1,0)*p, dashed); label("$x$", (0.3,0.5), E); label("$A$", (1.3,0.5), E); label("$B$", (1.3,1.5), E); label("$C$", (2.3,1.5), E); label("$D$", (2.3,2.5), E); label("$E$", (3.3,2.5), E);[/asy]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/c/d/2/cd26443e7d52459f1c3554f595e6832511d1d1f7.png)
Solution
The marked side is the side with the x. We imagine it folding up. First, we fold the x upwards. Now we fold the A upwards, and thus x is touching B on it's left side. We now fold B up, and we realize that x won't be touching 
at all.
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