2022 AMC 12A Problem 3

Five rectangles, $A$ , $B$ , $C$ , $D$ , and $E$ , are arranged in a square as shown below. These rectangles have dimensions $1\times6$ , $2\times4$ , $5\times6$ , $2\times7$ , and $2\times3$ , respectively. (The figure is not drawn to scale.) Which of the five rectangles is the shaded one in the middle?

$[asy] size(150); currentpen = black+1.25bp; fill((3,2.5)--(3,4.5)--(5.3,4.5)--(5.3,2.5)--cycle,gray); draw((0,0)--(7,0)--(7,7)--(0,7)--(0,0)); draw((3,0)--(3,4.5)); draw((0,4.5)--(5.3,4.5)); draw((5.3,7)--(5.3,2.5)); draw((7,2.5)--(3,2.5)); [/asy]$

$\textbf{(A) }A\qquad\textbf{(B) }B \qquad\textbf{(C) }C \qquad\textbf{(D) }D\qquad\textbf{(E) }E$

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Category: AMC 12A
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