
If the small square has area , what’s the shaded area?
Note that as specified, the problem does not have a unique answer. The diagram implies that the right-hand vertices of the square and triangle are vertically in line and with that assumption then the problem is solvable.

As the small square as area , its side length is . This is half the side length of the equilateral triangle, so its height is . Therefore line segment has length and has length .
Applying Pythagoras' theorem to triangle shows that the length of is given by:
The large square therefore has area . The large equilateral triangle has area times this, so the yellow region has area: