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1998 AHSME Problem 1
Each of the sides of five congruent rectangles is labeled with an integer. In rectangle A, w = 4, x = 1, y = 6, z = 9. In rectangle B, w = 1, x = 0, y = 3, z = 6. In rectangle C, w = 3, x = 8, y = 5, z = 2. In rectangle D, w = 7, x = 5, y = 4, z = 8. In rectangle E, w = 9, x = 2, y = 7, z = 0. These five rectangles are placed, without rotating or reflecting, in position as below. Which of the rectangle is the top leftmost one?
![[asy] draw((0,5)--(0,7)--(3,7)--(3,5)--cycle); draw((0,4)--(9,4)--(9,2)--(6,2)--(6,0)--(0,0)--cycle); draw((3,0)--(3,4));draw((6,2)--(6,4));draw((0,2)--(6,2)); label("$w$",(0,6),(-1,0));label("$x$",(1.5,7),(0,1));label("$y$",(3,6),(1,0));label("$z$",(1.5,5),(0,-1)); [/asy]](/static/aops/fd4ce8e9f69eccb7bc297cde34a60f44244789af.png)
\mathrm{(A)\ } A \qquad \mathrm{(B) \ }B \qquad \mathrm{(C) \ } C \qquad \mathrm{(D) \ } D \qquad \mathrm{(E) \ }E
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