2012 AMC 10A Problems/Problem 2

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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?

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