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Geometry Difficulty 3.0 AMC 10/12 Find the answer United Kingdom

Freddy folds a square WXYZWXYZ in half along the diagonal WYWY to make a triangle WXYWXY. Then he folds the paper again so that the edge XYXY of this triangle lies on part of the edge WYWY, making the smaller triangle WVYWVY as shown. What is the size of angle ∠WVY\angle WVY?

(A) 108∘108^\circ (B) 112.5∘112.5^\circ (C) 120∘120^\circ (D) 145∘145^\circ (E) 157.5∘157.5^\circ

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