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]
$\textbf{(A) }A\qquad\textbf{(B) }B \qquad\textbf{(C) }C \qquad\textbf{(D) }D\qquad\textbf{(E) }E$
The area of this square is equal to $6 + 8 + 30 + 14 + 6 = 64$, and thus its side lengths are $8$. The sum of the dimensions of the rectangles are $2 + 7 + 5 + 6 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 6 + 2 + 4 = 38$. Thus, because the perimeter of the rectangle is $32$, the rectangle on the inside must have a perimeter of $6 \cdot 2 = 12$. The only rectangle that works is $\boxed{\textbf{(B) }B}$.
~mathboy100