2023 AMC 8 Problem 17
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17.
A regular octahedron has eight equilateral triangle faces with four faces meeting at each vertex. Jun will make the regular octahedron shown in the figure by folding the piece of paper below. Which numbered face will end up to the right of the shaded region
Answer: A
Small hint:
Track which faces fold around the shaded face
Big hint:
Faces form the opposite half from
Video solution:
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Written solution:
Begin by observing that when folded, the faces labelled and form the bottom half of the octahedron. As such, the remaining four faces must make up the top half of the octahedron.
From here, we have narrowed down our possibilities to and We can see that will be the face to the left of the shaded region This also gives us that is to the left of
Therefore, we know that the only remaining face, must be to the right of the shaded region
Thus, A is the correct answer.
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