The answer is B.
The area of the square in the middle is equal to 30.25 (5.5 x 5.5)
For a parallelogram we need to add in the triangles areas as well so the area of a triangle is found by 1/2 base x height. 1/2 (2.5 x 5.5)=6.875
Add another 6.875 for the second triangle and we have 13.75
13.75+30.25= 44
