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ABCDABCD is a rectangle that is four times as long as it is wide. Point EE is the midpoint of BC¯\overline{BC}. What percent of the rectangle is shaded? [asy] draw( (0,0) -- (4,0) -- (4,1) -- (0,1) -- cycle);draw( (2,0) -- (0,1) ); draw( (4,0) -- (0,1)); fill( (0,0) -- (0,1) -- (2,0) -- cycle, gray); fill( (0,1) -- (4,0) -- (4,1) -- cycle, gray); label("AA", (0,1) , NW); label("BB", (0,0) , SW); label("CC", (4,0) , SE);label("DD", (4,1) , NE);label("EE", (2,0), S); [/asy]
Plain-text mathematical notation (without MathML)
ABCD is a rectangle that is four times as long as it is wide. Point E is the midpoint of (BC)¯. What percent of the rectangle is shaded?

[asy]
draw( (0,0) -- (4,0) -- (4,1) -- (0,1) -- cycle);draw( (2,0) -- (0,1) ); draw( (4,0) -- (0,1));
fill( (0,0) -- (0,1) -- (2,0) -- cycle, gray); fill( (0,1) -- (4,0) -- (4,1) -- cycle, gray);
label("A", (0,1) , NW); label("B", (0,0) , SW); label("C", (4,0) , SE);label("D", (4,1) , NE);label("E", (2,0), S);
[/asy]
Original LaTeX notation
$ABCD$ is a rectangle that is four times as long as it is wide. Point $E$ is the midpoint of $\overline{BC}$. What percent of the rectangle is shaded?

[asy]
draw( (0,0) -- (4,0) -- (4,1) -- (0,1) -- cycle);draw( (2,0) -- (0,1) ); draw( (4,0) -- (0,1));
fill( (0,0) -- (0,1) -- (2,0) -- cycle, gray); fill( (0,1) -- (4,0) -- (4,1) -- cycle, gray);
label("$A$", (0,1) , NW); label("$B$", (0,0) , SW); label("$C$", (4,0) , SE);label("$D$", (4,1) , NE);label("$E$", (2,0), S);
[/asy]

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