ABCD is a regular paralleogram, A=(2,1) B=(7,2) and C=(4,6), work out the gradient of the line CD and then work out the area of ABCD.
As its a parallelogram the gradient of CD will be the same as the gradient of AB so you just need to work out the gradient of AB using the formula (y2-y1)/(x2-x1) which would be (2-1)/(7-2)= 1/5 or 0.2.To find the area you need the base which you can find using Pythagoras' theorem and the coordinates of points A and B, square root of (y2-y1)2+ (x2-x1)2 so square root of 26 times by height which is difference in y coordinate between A and C so 5. this gives an answer of 5 root 26.
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