CEMC Pascal, 1998

Geometry Difficulty 2.0 Junior Find the answer Canada

In the diagram, $DEFG$ is a square and $ABCD$ is a rectangle. A straight line is drawn from $A$ , passes through $C$ and meets $FG$ at $H$ . The area of the shaded region is

(A) $8$ (B) $8.5$ (C) $10$ (D) $9$ (E) $10.5$

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