Difference between revisions of "2022 AMC 12A Problems/Problem 3"

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-Five rectangles, <math>A</math>, <math>B</math>, <math>C</math>, <math>D</math>, and <math>E</math>, are arranged in a square as shown below. These rectangles have dimensions <math>1\times6</math>, <math>2\times4</math>, <math>5\times6</math>, <math>2\times7</math>, and <math>2\times3</math>, respectively. (The figure is not drawn to scale.) Which of the five rectangles is the shaded one in the middle?
-[asy] fill((3,2.5)--(3,4.5)--(5.3,4.5)--(5.3,2.5)--cycle,mediumgray); draw((0,0)--(7,0)--(7,7)--(0,7)--(0,0)); draw((3,0)--(3,4.5)); draw((0,4.5)--(5.3,4.5)); draw((5.3,7)--(5.3,2.5)); draw((7,2.5)--(3,2.5)); [/asy]
-<math>\textbf{(A) }A\qquad\textbf{(B) }B \qquad\textbf{(C) }C \qquad\textbf{(D) }D\qquad\textbf{(E) }E</math>

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