2011 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 13

Two congruent squares, $ABCD$ and $PQRS$ , have side length $15$ . They overlap to form the $15$ by $25$ rectangle $AQRD$ shown. What percent of the area of rectangle $AQRD$ is shaded? $[asy] filldraw((0,0)--(25,0)--(25,15)--(0,15)--cycle,white,black); label("D",(0,0),S); label("R",(25,0),S); label("Q",(25,15),N); label("A",(0,15),N); filldraw((10,0)--(15,0)--(15,15)--(10,15)--cycle,mediumgrey,black); label("S",(10,0),S); label("C",(15,0),S); label("B",(15,15),N); label("P",(10,15),N);[/asy]$

$\textbf{(A)}\ 15\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 18\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 20\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 24\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 25$

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2011 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 13