UKMT Pink Kangaroo, 2021

Geometry Difficulty 2.0 Junior Find the answer United Kingdom

The smaller square in the picture has area 16 and the grey triangle has area 1. What is the area of the larger square?

(A) $17$ (B) $18$ (C) $19$ (D) $20$ (E) $21$

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