Let $a$ be a real number. In the rectangular coordinate plane, the graphs of the functions $y = a\sqrt{x}$ and $y = \sqrt{x}$ are given below.
Let the area of the blue shaded region be $A_{1}$ and the area of the yellow shaded region be $A_{2}$. If
$$A_{1} \cdot A_{2} = 96$$
what is $a$?
A) 2
B) 3
C) 4
D) 5
E) 6