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A rectangular sheet of paper, when halved by folding it at mid-point of its longer side, results in a rectangle, whose longer and shorter sides are in the same proportion as the longer and shorter sides of the original rectangle. If the shorter side of the original rectangle is 2 unit, what is the area of the smaller rectangle?

A)  \[1\sqrt{2}\,\,\,sq.unit\]

B)  \[2\text{ }\sqrt{2}\,\,\,sq.\text{ }unit\]

C)  \[4\sqrt{2}\,\,\,sq.\text{ }unit\]

D)  Data inadequate

E)  None of these