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Point <math>O</math> is the center of the regular octagon <math>ABCDEFGH</math>, and <math>X</math> is the midpoint of the side <math>\overline{AB}.</math> What fraction of the area of the octagon is shaded?
Point <math>O</math> is the center of the regular octagon <math>ABCDEFGH</math>, and <math>X</math> is the midpoint of the side <math>\overline{AB}.</math> What fraction of the area of the octagon is shaded?
<cmath>\textbf{(A) }\frac{11}{32} \quad\textbf{(B) }\frac{3}{8} \quad\textbf{(C) }\frac{13}{32} \quad\textbf{(D) }\frac{7}{16}\quad \textbf{(E) }\frac{15}{32}</cmath>
 
<math>\textbf{(A) }\frac{11}{32} \quad\textbf{(B) }\frac{3}{8} \quad\textbf{(C) }\frac{13}{32} \quad\textbf{(D) }\frac{7}{16}\quad \textbf{(E) }\frac{15}{32}</math>

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Point $O$ is the center of the regular octagon $ABCDEFGH$, and $X$ is the midpoint of the side $\overline{AB}.$ What fraction of the area of the octagon is shaded?

$\textbf{(A) }\frac{11}{32} \quad\textbf{(B) }\frac{3}{8} \quad\textbf{(C) }\frac{13}{32} \quad\textbf{(D) }\frac{7}{16}\quad \textbf{(E) }\frac{15}{32}$

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