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UKMT Junior Kangaroo, 2022

Geometry Difficulty 2.0 Junior Find the answer United Kingdom

A square piece of paper of area $64$ cm $^2$ is folded twice, as shown in the diagram. What is the sum of the areas of the two shaded rectangles?

(A) $10$ cm $^2$ (B) $14$ cm $^2$ (C) $15$ cm $^2$ (D) $16$ cm $^2$ (E) $24$ cm $^2$

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