The Stack Folding Challenge

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The "Stack Folding Challenge" is to fold the two lay-outs I show in the video. But the MPMP meta-puzzle is to work out how many different Stack Folding Challenges are possible. That is to say: how many ways can you fold such a piece of paper so that the top-left rectangle is on the top, facing out.

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