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A square with side length 8 is cut in half, creating two congruent rectangles. What are the dimensions of one of these rectangles?
 
A square with side length 8 is cut in half, creating two congruent rectangles. What are the dimensions of one of these rectangles?
  
<math> \textbf{(A)}\ 2 by 4\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 2 by 6\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 2 by 8\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 4 by 4\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 4 by 8 </math>
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<math> \textbf{(A)}\ 2\ by\ 4\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 2\ by\ 6\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 2\ by\ 8\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 4\ by\ 4\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 4\ by\ 8 </math>

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Problem 2

A square with side length 8 is cut in half, creating two congruent rectangles. What are the dimensions of one of these rectangles?

$\textbf{(A)}\ 2\ by\ 4\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 2\ by\ 6\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 2\ by\ 8\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 4\ by\ 4\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 4\ by\ 8$