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2005 AMC 10A Problems/Problem 8

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Problem

In the figure, the length of side $AB$ of square $ABCD$ is $\sqrt{50}$ and $BE$ =1. What is the area of the inner square $EFGH$ ?

$\textbf{(A)}\ 25\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 32\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 36\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 40\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 42$

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