Overlapping Frames

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A wooden frame 1 foot wide has been constructed around each of two rectangular sheets of glass measuring 4 feet by 5 feet. If the area of overlapping glass in the figure above measures 1 foot by 2 feet, what fraction of the total area of the glass sheets and wooden frames is overlapping?