CEMC Pascal, 2000

Geometry Difficulty 2.0 Junior Find the answer Canada

The area of square $ABCD$ is 64. The midpoints of its sides are joined to form the square $EFGH$ . The midpoints of its sides are $J$ , $K$ , $L$ , and $M$ . The area of the shaded region is

(A) $32$ (B) $24$ (C) $20$ (D) $28$ (E) $16$

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